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Staff Sgt. Louise Smith of Binger, Oklahoma, proudly holds her cannon crewmember (13B) certificate of completion at the Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, August 22, 2016. Smith is one of the first qualified female cannon crewmembers in the Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG).
“I couldn’t have asked for a better group to go through this with and I’m looking forward to putting some steel on Lucille,” Smith said.
Among the graduating class are three other OKARNG females, who also graduated as the OKARNG's first qualified female cannon crewmembers. This rigorous and physically-demanding course teaches Soldiers a range of skills and focuses on identifying different types of howitzers, techniques of handling ammunition, setting fuses, preparing charges, loading and firing the howitzers, performing maintenance and other crewmember duties. This Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) came available for females after the removal of the military’s ban on women serving in combat arms in early 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 1st Lt. Leanna Litsch)
| Date Taken: | 08.22.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.24.2016 07:59 |
| Photo ID: | 2811222 |
| VIRIN: | 160822-A-NK138-251 |
| Resolution: | 1200x1285 |
| Size: | 1.07 MB |
| Location: | OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, US |
| Hometown: | BINGER, OKLAHOMA, US |
| Web Views: | 108 |
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