Semper Fidelis Jared!

After graduating from Boot Camp in Parris Island, South Carolina, Jared continued his journey to Ft. Sill Oklahoma to begin Field Artillery Training. He learned to shoot Howitzer cannons. The photos in this album are not of Jared himself, but are representative.
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Done with Ft. Sill, he is currently stationed at Camp LeJeuene North Carolina. Right now his India Battery is in Ft. Bragg, NC doing a three week live-fire training exercise/battle simulation. I can't wait till he gets back to LeJuene so we can Skype again. Semper Fidelis Jared! I love you son!





These days it would be easy to underestimate the role of the cannon in warfare where brute force has been replaced with surgical precision but ponder for a minute the capabilities of the new Howitzer M777. The M777 is the first ground combat system to make extensive use of titanium and aluminium and is approximately half the weight of comparable systems, making it easily transportable, easily towed across country at high speed and easily fitted to faster, lighter, purpose built vehicles. It is capable of firing a 155mm shell at up to five rounds per minute while achieving high levels of accuracy with targets up to 30 kilometres away. Firing Raytheon’s new Excalibur satellite-guided artillery shell, the M777 has proven pinpoint accurate, and although specifications call for them being capable of striking within ten metres at a range of 40 kilometres, tests have shown much greater accuracy.