Video highlights of French Soldiers, U.S. Marines and U.S. Soldiers while conducting fire missions with 120mm mortars as part of military exercises.

The clips include - mortar tube calibration, mortar fire, loading of shells:

00:00 - French Soldiers conduct fire missions with a 120mm mortar as part of Exercise Dynamic Front 18 at the U.S. Army’s Grafenwoehr Training Area (Germany). Dynamic Front is an annual U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) exercise focused on the interoperability of U.S. Army, joint service and allied nation artillery and fire support in a multinational environment.

03:26 - U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (1/10), 2d Marine Division, conduct a battalion live fire exercise, FIREX 1-17 on Camp Lejeune, N.C. FIREX 1-17 is a battalion level exercise designed to allow multiple batteries to train together in order to improve internal standard operating procedures.

05:35 - U.S. Soldiers from 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment Mortar Platoon conduct live fire mortar support during a French Desert Training Course at Arta Range, Djibouti, September 27, 2014.

07:26 - U.S. Soldiers from 4-10 CAV, 3ABCT, 4ID, conduct a mortar live fire training exercise using 120mm mortars mounted in a M113 armored personnel carrier at Fort Carson, Colorado.

Video Credits: U.S. Army videos by Pfc. Craig Carter, Staff Sgt. Michael Sword, Staff Sgt. Zach Vaughn, Sgt. Toby Wall; U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Samuel Taylor | United States Department of Defense

Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Carpenter

The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

Derivative works: Military Archive

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