Pries Paratrooper Fast-Tracks
Soldier to go to Chaplain school
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Paratroopers of Company A, 508th Special Troops Battalion, 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division maneuver to their next
challenge during the unit's "Sapper Stakes" competition Jan. 14 on
Fort Bragg. The Paratroopers competed to see which squad had the
best combat engineer skills
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Decatur) |
Reenlistment with an impact
Sgt. Louis Adams is reenlisted by his commander, Capt. Brad McCoy
while a mortar team fires a live round for each of the five years of
Adams' reenlistment.
[note mortar round in mid-flight]
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Spc.Jeff
Mews, a sniper with 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fires an M-110 rifle at a range
on Fort Bragg, N.C. Mews is part of a seven-men sniper section in
the squadron. The snipers remove their armor to maximize accuracy
when set up in a firing position downrange, and train to fire that
way in garrison.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Decatur) |
Spc Jeff
Mews, left, aims an M-110 rifle while Pfc. Phillip Adams spots the
target Jan. 13 at a range on Fort Bragg, N.C. Mews and Adams are
snipers in the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne. The snipers remove their armor to
maximize accuracy when set up in a firing position downrange, and
train to fire that way in garrison
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Decatur) |
Paratroopers of Company A set up a wire obstacle Jan. 15 on
Fort Bragg during the unit's "Sapper Stakes" competition.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Decatur) |
Not Just A Kayak Ride
men of Company A prepare for an assault landing |