A band of brothers: Vietnam vet group visits Fort Jackson

By Ms. Veran Hill (IMCOM)October 19, 2016

Confidence
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Demonstration please
2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Vietnam veterans of 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, look on as Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry
Regiment practice techniques to load, fire, and correct a malfunction on the M249 Squad Automatic W... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Firing line
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Division, watch as Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,
61st Infantry Regiment were trained on U.S. Weapons at Bastogne
on Oct. 14. The Soldiers learned how to load, fire,... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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At the mess hall
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Fort Jackson hosted an orientation tour Oct. 14 for Vietnam veterans who were assigned to 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment. The veterans who are affectionately known as "A Band of Brothers" and Family members observed confidence and weapons training, shared combat experiences with blue phase Soldiers during lunch and received instructions by the Warrior Training Area cadre on the state-of-art Virtual Battlespace 3 System.