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[T. Sproles] In a continuing effort to increase and sustain their mission capabilities,
soldiers of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
recently took part in a Javelin training course held at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training
Center. The 76th, who is the first Indiana unit to
be fielding the Javelin Weapon System, were trained in both gunnery skills and instructor
certification. [male speaker] At the beginning of the class,
for the most part they have no idea what it is,
what it does, what it looks like, anything of that nature.
By the end of the course, these guys are able to take a Javelin Weapon System,
put it together, and actually engage a target with no problems at all.
I know for a fact at the end of the course they're able to go out
and apply everything that they've learned in the course and actually engage targets.
But not only that, but actually to instruct other gunners to be efficient as they are.
[male speaker] These instructors that came down here are great instructors.
They have knowledge, and they passed every bit of knowledge to these soldiers.
Every question that they had they answered without one pause in it.
Not only is it a vital weapon system that we now have, but it's also
a vital imagery piece and a target recognition piece
for seeing things that you wouldn't be able to see with the naked eye.
So it's a very, very useful piece of gear that we now have throughout the 76th Brigade.
Reporting from Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, I'm Tim Sproles.
[♪upbeat music♪] That's the Army Today from Soldiers Radio and Television.