1 00:00:02,509 --> 00:00:05,092 (Upbeat music) 2 00:00:12,859 --> 00:00:15,109 (gunshots) 3 00:00:23,030 --> 00:00:26,430 - [Soldier] Becoming our own battery has allowed us, really 4 00:00:26,430 --> 00:00:28,793 to focus on our MOS specific. 5 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,650 (gunshots) 6 00:00:35,970 --> 00:00:37,420 It's really our mission, 7 00:00:37,420 --> 00:00:39,880 is to furnished fires in support 8 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,993 of the infantry ground commanders. 9 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:44,910 Once we came our own battery, 10 00:00:44,910 --> 00:00:49,360 It was easier to kind of define everyone's roles 11 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:50,460 within our battery. 12 00:00:50,460 --> 00:00:52,800 So now, each team that goes on a deployment 13 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,610 is a platoon within fire support battery now, 14 00:00:55,610 --> 00:00:58,320 and each fist that fire support team, 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,580 it's going to have a radio operator. 16 00:01:00,580 --> 00:01:03,110 It's going to have a junior afforded observers, 17 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:04,570 a mortar forward observer, 18 00:01:04,570 --> 00:01:06,340 responsible for actually doing the, 19 00:01:06,340 --> 00:01:07,833 conducting the call for fire. 20 00:01:14,180 --> 00:01:15,330 We attached to the grunts 21 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:17,880 and we roll out with infantry companies, 22 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,360 and you never really know 23 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:20,340 what they're going to end up doing, 24 00:01:20,340 --> 00:01:21,600 but you know that you're probably gonna end up 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:22,980 doing whatever they do. 26 00:01:22,980 --> 00:01:25,210 So, not only does it make more sense for you 27 00:01:25,210 --> 00:01:27,100 to know their job a little bit better 28 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:29,470 and be familiar with what they use, 29 00:01:29,470 --> 00:01:30,810 it could be something you actually end up 30 00:01:30,810 --> 00:01:32,060 doing in real life. 31 00:01:32,060 --> 00:01:33,130 Something you need to do, 32 00:01:33,130 --> 00:01:35,350 take contact and be able to operate 33 00:01:35,350 --> 00:01:36,853 as weapon systems confidently.