1 00:00:00,119 --> 00:00:02,119 Artillery is becoming more and more 2 00:00:02,119 --> 00:00:04,341 relevant right now . It's back to being 3 00:00:04,341 --> 00:00:06,452 the king of battle . You can see with 4 00:00:06,452 --> 00:00:08,619 things that are going on overseas with 5 00:00:08,619 --> 00:00:08,600 our adversaries how important artillery 6 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:10,656 is , and we've got to be able to get 7 00:00:10,656 --> 00:00:12,489 there and stay above par . It is 8 00:00:12,489 --> 00:00:14,711 absolutely vital to conduct air assault 9 00:00:14,711 --> 00:00:16,711 and air insertion operations in the 10 00:00:16,711 --> 00:00:18,878 field artillery and in the army . It's 11 00:00:18,878 --> 00:00:21,870 one of our There are ways that we move 12 00:00:21,870 --> 00:00:24,092 around on the battlefield and we've got 13 00:00:24,092 --> 00:00:26,148 to practice it because when the time 14 00:00:26,148 --> 00:00:28,259 comes , you don't want to be a novice 15 00:00:28,259 --> 00:00:30,203 at it . For all of us , I think we 16 00:00:30,203 --> 00:00:32,370 actually got to learn how important it 17 00:00:32,370 --> 00:00:34,537 is to really actually load into the AO 18 00:00:34,537 --> 00:00:36,592 as we did , loading up as fast as we 19 00:00:36,592 --> 00:00:38,926 can , just slowest , smooth , smoothest , 20 00:00:38,926 --> 00:00:41,148 fast operations like that . The mission 21 00:00:41,148 --> 00:00:43,370 was to get us used to being able to fly 22 00:00:43,370 --> 00:00:45,203 into AOs , maybe if it's a heavy 23 00:00:45,203 --> 00:00:47,314 contact area where maybe we're taking 24 00:00:47,314 --> 00:00:49,537 gunfire we need to get in and have them 25 00:00:49,537 --> 00:00:51,703 quickly get out rather than pulling up 26 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:53,814 in Humvees or just having the shinoks 27 00:00:53,814 --> 00:00:55,814 or Black Hawks land on . The ground 28 00:00:55,814 --> 00:00:57,926 quickly get us in so they can quickly 29 00:00:57,926 --> 00:00:57,604 get out . I think it's key to 30 00:00:57,604 --> 00:00:59,660 continuing to work with the aviation 31 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:01,548 units here in Oklahoma . The 45th 32 00:01:01,548 --> 00:01:03,771 Infantry Brigade combat Team is a light 33 00:01:03,771 --> 00:01:05,993 infantry brigade combat team . We are a 34 00:01:05,993 --> 00:01:08,104 light field artillery unit . Uh , one 35 00:01:08,104 --> 00:01:10,160 of our goals and one of our medals , 36 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:11,882 task is to conduct air assault 37 00:01:11,882 --> 00:01:13,937 operations , including sling loading 38 00:01:13,937 --> 00:01:16,104 our amateurs , equipment , personnel , 39 00:01:16,104 --> 00:01:18,271 and , and gear that we need to to move 40 00:01:18,271 --> 00:01:20,160 forward on the battlefield to put 41 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,215 ourselves in position to to take out 42 00:01:22,215 --> 00:01:21,885 targets that the brigade commander 43 00:01:21,885 --> 00:01:22,375 needs .