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- When you receive a fire mission

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you have that adrenaline rush.

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You're trying to get that round down range

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as fast as possible.

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(cannon loaded and fired)

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- We're out here in Jordan and executing,

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exercise Eager Lion.
Which is a multinational

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and previous combined armed exercise.

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(someone yells fire and cannon fires)

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- My name is First
Lieutenant Kevin Redmond

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I'm a Platoon Commander with Alpha Battery

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Battalion 90 team three five,
11 three expeditionary unit.

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Eager Lion is a chance for
us to come off the ship,

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integrate with our allies in the region

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to strengthen regional security through

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Theater Security Cooperation.

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You have to battery level
to be able to get off ship

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and focus on our artillery tasks

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from the fire direction center, receiving

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a fire mission, really focusing on

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that fire direction center,
taking the information

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from the observers, turning
it into fire and data,

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and working those gun line
procedures with cannon ears.

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We work out across all mission
types we would encounter

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here at battalion battery.

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(tense music)

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- So being a Howitzer Section Chief

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is a lot of responsibility,
you're in charge of

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a safe firing and an
accurate firing of your gun,

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your crew. As a Chief you
wanna train your Marines

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to the highest ability,
and so they can grow,

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and develop as Marines.

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- My name is Sergeant Evan Armstrong,

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I'm a Howitzer Section Chief,

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I'm with BLT three five archangel.

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While we're out here, as a whole,

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across the battalion 90
team, we're able to integrate

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fire support both surface to surface

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and air to surface fires.

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(tense music)
(cannons firing)

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We're able to host a
firepower control team,

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from the Italian Navy third gate which is

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a great opportunity for
the gentlemen to come here

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and see the capabilities that we provide

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as a firing battery. Not only that,

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we're able to get em
down on gun line, show em

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the M triple seven
Howitzer and the cannon,

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to be able to walk them
through gun line procedures

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and see what we provide
as Marine artillery.

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(tense music)

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The training was valuable,
as a battalion landing team,

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it gave us a chance to
move from ship to shore,

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which is what we're expected to do.

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It gave us a chance to
integrate all of our

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fire support assets,
and supportive maneuver,

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and it gave them the reigns
to take the battery level

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down into sections and individual level,

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the chance to get out,
give back to the roots

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of our artillery men.
The sustainment training

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is very important for that
as we're a very technical

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community in artillery.

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- My favorite part about
being a section chief,

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is actually being directly
involved with my Marine.

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You know, being in charge of 10 Marines,

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being in charge of a Howitzer,
it's a lot of responsibility.

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I love taking on that
responsibility as a section chief,

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and I think with that teaching my Marines,

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training my Marines, to
the best of their ability,

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and to improve in their careers.

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(tense music)

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(cannons being loaded and fired)

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- Here at the battery
level, couldn't be happier

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with how the Marines performed,

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they were enthusiastic,
they were hungry to train,

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and they knocked it out of the park.

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We as a battery, we are very proud

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with how the Marines performed.

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(tense music)
(cannons fired)