The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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J_Turner_12.JPGThursday Firepower DemonstrationA close up view of the Artillery Rocket itself.

Photo courtesy of Joe Turner.
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FP-9.jpgThursday Firepower Demonstration
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RW-7~0.JPGThursday Firepower DemonstrationMobile Radar System....we got a close up look and detailed examination of the system later in the Agenda.
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FP-11.jpgThursday Firepower DemonstrationKA-BOOM! Loud, fer shure.
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FP-12.jpgThursday Firepower DemonstrationWhat a beautiful day to be on the Range at Ft Sill!
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FP-13.jpgThursday Firepower DemonstrationAll the burned out truck bodies and tanks are no longer downrange targets. The target was to hit a particular ridge line.
Guess the EPA made Ft Sill clean up their artillery ranges.
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FP-14.jpgThursday Firepower Demonstration
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FP-15.jpgThursday Firepower DemonstrationJoe Henderson, Jim Connolly looking thru the binos, John Bowden
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Orr_Conference_Rm.jpgA Visit to the Orr Conference RoomOrganizer Jerry Orr has been honored with a Battalion Conference Room named in his honor.

Here you see a "Now & Then" comparison as Jerry poses next to a very old photo (jus' kiddin')
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Orr_Conf_Room.jpgA Visit to the Orr Conference RoomAlso hanging in the Orr Conference Room is a photo of Jerry on active duty "back when".
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Group_Photo.jpgBCT GraduationWe were invited to attend a BCT graduation on Thursday morning. It was not only an impressive ceremony, but the enthusiasm, military bearing, and physically fit young men and women in uniform was a sight to see. Notice how our artillery-red shirts stand out.
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