Video by Sgt. Rigo Cisneros
B-roll of Illinois Guardsmen training on mortar basics
211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Sept. 5, 2019 | 9:44
This video features b-roll of the mortar platoon with HHC, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, training on the basic of indirect fire at Rising Thunder 2019 at the Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Washington, Sept. 3, 2019. Rising Thunder 2019 is an annual exercise joining the U.S. Army and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) and is part of Pacific Pathways 19-3. Rising Thunder 2019 is also a United States Army Pacific-sponsored capstone event featuring U.S. Army units from the 7th Infantry Division and the Illinois Army National Guard’s 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 108th Sustainment Brigade. The exercise includes company/platoon unilateral and bilateral training events in two phases, culminating with a bilateral live-fire exercise.
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