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- [Soldier] Becoming our own
battery has allowed us, really

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to focus on our MOS specific.

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It's really our mission,

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is to furnished fires in support

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of the infantry ground commanders.

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Once we came our own battery,

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It was easier to kind of
define everyone's roles

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within our battery.

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So now, each team that
goes on a deployment

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is a platoon within fire
support battery now,

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and each fist that fire support team,

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it's going to have a radio operator.

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It's going to have a
junior afforded observers,

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a mortar forward observer,

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responsible for actually doing the,

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conducting the call for fire.

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We attached to the grunts

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and we roll out with infantry companies,

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and you never really know

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what they're going to end up doing,

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but you know that you're
probably gonna end up

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doing whatever they do.

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So, not only does it
make more sense for you

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to know their job a little bit better

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and be familiar with what they use,

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it could be something you actually end up

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doing in real life.

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Something you need to do,

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take contact and be able to operate

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as weapon systems confidently.