Orchestra of Artillery: Illinois Guard Drops the Hits at Rising Thunder

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Sep 10, 2019

YAKIAM, Wash. - Staff Sgt. Buddy Seigert, a forward observer with the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard, surveys the artillery assault course during Rising Thunder 19 at Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Washington, Sept. 3. The forward observers worked together with mortar infantrymen from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard, to engage targets with artillery during the exercise. Rising Thunder 2019 is an annual exercise between the U.S. Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and is part of Pacific Pathways 19-3. RT19 is a USARPAC-sponsored capstone event. U.S. Army Units participating include the 7th Infantry Division and the Illinois Army National Guard's 108th Sustainment Brigade and 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. The exercise consists of company/platoon unilateral and bilateral training events in two phases, culminating with a bilateral live-fire exercise.

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