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Firing_Range_6.jpgFiring Range bleachersAs Trainees await their turn to fire, redleg Terry Stuber chats with them.
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Joe_H-22.JPGFiring RangeJoe Henderson and Jerry Orr posed with trainees at the firing range. Our visit to the firing range provided an opportunity for the trainees to mingle and ask questions of us old, retired veterans.
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RW-8~0.JPGPATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMOur reunion Agenda included a visit to the Air Defense Artillery branch, which has been re-integrated with the cannon artillery branch after their 1970 "divorce" courtesy of our Pentagon geniuses. We were given an extensive education on the Patriot Missile defense system which is 30-years old, but updates have kept it in the active inventory. It is this type of defense that may protect us from enemy ICBM threats.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB WILSON
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RW-9~0.JPGPATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMThis is the "big eye" in the sky...the heart of the missile defense system. Once it locks on target, all hell will break loose.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB WILSON
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RW-10~0.JPGPATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMIt may look like two large wooden boxes, but inside are two Patriot missiles each. Not much for looks, but as long as they work....
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB WILSON
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MK-10.JPGOpen ForumRedleg Geary Burrows enters the auditorium for our great and very special Q&A Session with Week 2 BCT trainees.
Photo courtesy of Mike Kurtgis
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OpenForum.jpgOpen Forum with TraineesOne of the major highlights of the Encore reunion was the opportunity to have a full hour of Q&A with Trainees in the 2nd week. It was an experience we'll never forget. The 1/19th FA would like us to come back and do this again one day.
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MK-5.JPGOpen ForumTrainees participate in the Open Forum. Good questions brought good answers. This event was certainly a highlight of our reunion.
Photo courtesy of Mike Kurtgis
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MK-1.JPGOpen ForumA great Q&A session with the trainees. Our redleg brothers sat up front and took their questions. Their questions often brought emotional responses as these trainees realized that they have actually joined a family by enlisting in the Army...and didn't know it.
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MK-12.JPGOpen ForumBCT Trainees listen intently to the Q&A session with our fellow redlegs.
Photo courtesy of Mike Kurtgis.
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MK-13.JPGOpen ForumQ&A session underway. It was a great event to have a "senior/junior" conversation.
Photo courtesy of Mike Kurtgis
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Open_Forum_-_2.jpgOpen ForumSeated on chairs in front of the Trainees, Jerry Orr makes some opening remarks.
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