Photo Essay: Raptor Fury Direct Fire

By Capt. Brian HarrisOctober 11, 2016

Big Boom
1 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2016. The Soldiers are part of a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Impact
2 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2016. The Soldiers are part of a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Feeling the Blast
3 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division fires an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2016. The Soldier is part of a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Next Round
4 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2016. The Soldiers are part of a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Cinematic Boom
5 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2016. The Soldiers are part of a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Take a Knee
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Making Clouds
7 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2016. The Soldiers are part of a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

ORCHARD COMBAT TRAINING CENTER, IDAHO -- U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2016. The Soldiers are part of a task force of over 1,000 7th ID Soldiers participating in Raptor Fury, a major training exercise to validate 16th Combat Aviation Brigade's mission readiness.

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