{"id":30806,"date":"2023-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30806"},"modified":"2023-10-11T06:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:42:59","slug":"task-force-marne-paladin-crews-provide-artillery-support-during-exercise-iron-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30806","title":{"rendered":"Task Force Marne Paladin crews provide artillery support during Exercise Iron Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n A U.S. Army M109A7 Paladin howitzer crew with 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provides live-fire artillery support to NATO\u2019s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania during exercise Iron Wolf at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, Oct. 9, 2023. Exercise Iron Wolf tests enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania\u2019s interoperable defensive and offensive capabilities in the region. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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PABRADE, Lithuania \u2014 U.S. Army M109A7 Paladin howitzer crews with 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment (1-9 FAR), 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, trained alongside NATO allies during Exercise Iron Wolf at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, Oct. 9.<\/p>\n

The crews simultaneously qualified on their paladins during Iron Wolf, a multinational exercise conducted by NATO\u2019s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania (eFP Lithuania) to test the force\u2019s interoperability as well as its defensive and offensive capabilities in the region.<\/p>\n

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\n U.S. Army Pfc. Carlos Beltran-Cayetano, an artillery crewmember with 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, loads artillery rounds onto an M109A7 Paladin howitzer to provide live-fire artillery support to NATO\u2019s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania during exercise Iron Wolf at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, Oct. 9, 2023. Exercise Iron Wolf tests enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania\u2019s interoperable defensive and offensive capabilities in the region. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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During the exercise, 1-9 FAR conducted artillery table VI qualification, which tests the unit\u2019s ability to qualify at the firing line and at the fire planning phase. In turn, 1-9 FAR\u2019s live-fire artillery qualifications were used as indirect fire support for German and Lithuanian forces during the exercise.<\/p>\n

Capt. Patrick Gerrity, commander of Bravo Battery, 1-9 FAR, said Exercise Iron Wolf is the first major exercise in which his unit was able to participate alongside NATO allies. The 1-9 FAR recently arrived at Pabrade Training Area to support U.S. and NATO operations in the region.<\/p>\n

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\n U.S. Army M109A7 Paladin howitzer crews with 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provide live-fire artillery support to NATO\u2019s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania during exercise Iron Wolf at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, Oct. 9, 2023. Exercise Iron Wolf tests enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Lithuania\u2019s interoperable defensive and offensive capabilities in the region. The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America\u2019s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cesar Salazar Jr.)
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\u201cTraining together with allies is important to create that familiarity between our countries and find out how one another operates,\u201d Gerrity said. \u201cSo, if we need to operate together, we know the best way to do so and the best practices in large-scale operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Garrett VanAvery, a howitzer section chief with Bravo Battery, 1-9 FAR, echoed Gerrity\u2019s sentiment on developing interoperability with allies. He added that the training during Iron Wolf helped enhance communications between the participating countries.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe United States in a war isn\u2019t going to be fighting alone,\u201d VanAvery said. \u201cWe have allies for a reason.This is good training to figure out how we\u2019re going to maneuver together, shoot together, and be able to communicate.\u201d<\/p>\n

VanAvery said that Lithuanian and Norwegian troops toured the Paladins, which allowed their troops to ask and answer questions about each other\u2019s procedures. He added that the exercise ultimately helped develop his section\u2019s readiness to work with Lithuanian and Norwegian armed forces in future operations.<\/p>\n

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Gerrity said in the short time his unit has been in Pabrade, Lithuanian partners have been kind and friendly to his Soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur experience working with NATO allies has been nothing but positive,\u201d Gerrity said. \u201cWe have been welcomed in by the local partners, and they\u2019ve reached out in multiple ways to make sure that we feel at home here in Lithuania as we would back in Fort Stewart.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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