Joint Observer Training at Rising Thunder

By U.S. ArmyMarch 31, 2014

Joint Forward Observer Training at Yakima Training Center
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Watching 120mm mortar rounds impact from a safe distance, 1st Lt. Christopher Goodwin, fire support officer, A Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and 1st Sgt. Teruhiko Tanaka, forward observer sergeant... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Joint Forward Observer Training at Yakima Training Center
2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – First Sgt. Teruhiko Tanaka, forward observer sergeant, and Sgt. 1st Class Yuji Matsumoto, 16th Infantry Regiment, Heavy Mortar Company, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, determine the accuracy of their mortar teams on a distant hillside, Yakima Tra... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Joint Forward Observation Training at Yakima Training Center
3 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Watching 120mm mortar rounds impact from a safe distance, 1st Lt. Christopher Goodwin, fire support officer, A Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and 1st Sgt. Teruhiko Tanaka, forward observer sergeant... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Joint Forward Observation Training at Yakima Training Center
4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Kenneth Chambers, fire support noncommissioned officer, A Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at the marks mortar round impact locations on a map at Yakima Training Center, Wash. Sept. 12. The morta... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Joint Forward Observation Training at Yakima Training Center
5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Dan Maresh, fire support specialist, A Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division watches for mortar round detonations and relays the impact coordinates to Sgt. Kenneth Chambers, at Yakima Training Center,... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Joint Forward Observation Training At Yakima  Training Center
6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 1st Lt. Christopher Goodwin offers candy treats to Sgt. 1st Class Yuji Matsumoto and members of the 16th Infantry Regiment, Heavy Mortar Company, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, during a pause in mortar missions, Yakima Training Center, Sept. 12.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL