The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Feb_69_guns.JPGFebruary, 1969. Ka-boom!126 viewsThe big guns are firing over our tent area.
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Mar_69_rocket_damages.JPGAttack on Ben Het126 viewsMarch, 1969. This is the collateral damage surrounding the destroyed ammo track that was hit by 122mm rockets.
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Valley_Fire3.JPGJanuary, 1969: Firing across the valley126 viewsAnother view of the action area.
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SK-56.JPG"F" Troop126 viewsThe guys we called "F" Troop prepare for a fire mission.
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WTC-5.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet126 viewsWayne found another "old buddy"...a mechanical one, at least. This is the old FADAC computer; the artillery's first attempt to computerize the Fire Direction Center (FDC). However, even in 2013, they are using 60s-era firing charts complete with RDP out in the field.
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WTC-6.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet126 viewsThe "Dining Facility" has replaced the "mess hall" and YOU WILL eat healthy foods, soldier!!! AND...you can have anything to drink as long as it's water. Our active duty host, LTC Marcus Jones stands in front of a color-coded menu.
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DY-12.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates126 viewsFt Sill's warfare training includes urban-warfare based scenarios as our Instructor guides through a mock-up building. This whole training format used highly technical Hollywood-like sound stages with several technicians behind the scenes to manipulate the settings.
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DY-11.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates126 viewsWe were treated to a brief demo of computer-gaming warfare with an Afghan land battle scenario. The transformation from our days of war strategy to using the latest computer tools is nothing short of amazing.
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JO-4.JPGReunion Photos - Jerry Orr126 viewsMike Kurtgis objects! "But wait a minute, Drill Sergeant! What if I don't want to get up at 0500?"
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mc-6.JPGPython, but not Monty's126 viewsSp4 Roy Ellsworth holds the working end of a dead python.
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Jim_Tex_Shelton.JPGNew Section Chief126 viewsPFCl Jim "Tex" Shelton was Section Chief on one of the guns. Took over from Dinky Dau (Dickey Doud) (Sp4 Richard E. Doud) when he ETS'd.
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Bn_Area_at_Enari.JPGSent to me by others126 views"Battalion Area" at Camp Enari. Soldiers Unknown.
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