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Fires Shock artillery drills end in the Arctic as US Army launches rockets in Norway
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Col. Daniel Miller, 41st Field Artillery Brigade commander, meets with Norwegian artillery soldiers to observe firing with the K-9 self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Thunderbolt on June 9, 2021, in Setermoen, Norway. (Joe Bush/U.S. Army)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany The U.S. Army’s only long-range artillery brigade in Europe fired its rockets this week in the Arctic region, marking a first for a unit that has been tested in a new series of drills stretching from the High North to Africa.
The 41st Field Artillery Brigade marked the end of its Fires Shock exercises with a live-fire event in Setermoen, Norway, where it combined forces Thursday with its Norwegian counterparts.
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