High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with the 1-94th Field Artillery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, fire missiles at simulated targets during exercise Cobra Gold 2024 on a range near Lop Buri, Thailand, March 4, 2024. HIMARS are a truck-mounted rocket artillery system, capable of launching multiple rockets from a single truck. Joint exercise Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd iteration, is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Alec Dionne)
JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash.--17th Field Artillery Brigade Soldier, 1st Sgt. Grant M. Bolin, a senior noncommissioned officer with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, receives the Gruber Award on April 11, 2023.
The award was named after Brig. Gen. Edmund L. Gruber, who as a first lieutenant, composed the 1908 “Caisson Song.” This song was later adapted to the “Army Song” we know today. The Gruber Award is an annual honor that is given to exceptional field artillery professionals who made significant contributions to the general field artillery’s warfighting capabilities. Bolin was the 2nd consecutive recipient of the award from the 17th FAB, which was won in the previous year by Cpt. Marissa Battinieri,...
04.11.2023 | JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, US |
Story by Sgt. Joshua Oh
