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Show IL i . Page 7 THE DESERET SAMPLER, Friday, May 9, 1980 T.'V; ' ' ' ' t - v ''"Va--- v . f , - i r ! I Gol Cuy - an All 64 Cobra Swoops over the hill for the attack on.. . The Bad Guys - a jeep cutouts filled bobs Camp One of the Carson Chinooks with another Camp Williams to DPG. 7V4 ton load heads over the Oquirrh Hills from d snow-cappe- held '.at DPG Sliot Hip Story and Photos By SSG Phil Hale Its the Ogden 683rd Field Artillery down to plot the locations for their and its named after the old western quick draw specialists. However, in this' n 20th century version, the trusty called a Hip-Sh- ot load, the aggressors sprung the ambush. guns. Meanwhile. at Camp Williams, another war was going on as units of To add realism to the scene members of the 96th designated as aggressors planted V4lb. TNT charges on a hill behind the firing positions and several snipers with blank, rounds were set up around the perimeter. six-gu- replaced by the' field artillery work horse, the 12,700 lb: Ml 14, 155MM Howitzer and the gunfight-er'- s steady hand is now the CH-47-- C Chinook Helicopter. As a part of the 96th Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) groups annual field test exercise (largest in recent years) two chinooks from 179th Cargo Helicopter Company stationed at Ft. Carson, Co., lifted six howitzers from Camp Williams to the Artillery firfive-mil- e hill, here, ing range near last weekend. THE exercise began to unfold at 10 is . Right on qk, as the last Chinook churned back into the sky for another a.m. as a UH1H set survey crews from the Army Reserve and the Utah National Guard were fighting off Cobra Gunship helicopters as the Chinooks hovered over another 155 preparing to bring it to DPG. THERE were no losers in this weekend war, all of the participating units received valuable training in tactics that could be used in a real situation training that could make a The loud engines signalled the coming of the chinooks (each with a seven ton 155 beneath) resemhawks with two a fresh catch. bling The choppers set the howitzers down right on the mark amidst clouds of dust and loose sagebrush. THE gun crews quickly emerged from the rear of the. Chinooks and start ed.vvheeling tlieir guns into firing : ' position. I l. difference in a real war. This exercise was an example of the total force concept of national defense as it applies to us. ...Reserve units and Active Duty working as a team to provide the strength. The Crew of the Command and Control Helicopter checks the over land convoys progress. Mi . fcv. . 'l S. A? 'SV'kl . . )sl. i ", ' . f.w Kh i' t;A . - "V : v.hJfryjv- - .ft ; .$3 v ' ft Ammos ready. . . Reservists of the 683rd have the rounds in place for the three firing batteries. M I 'll f Easy.' . . Easy, the. ground guide signals the Chinook to drop the gun into position. jJ 1 I L Members of the aggies- - ? , Y 5 , , i V T - ) sor force pause for aboard a cold UH1H before setting out on a raid that will , surprise the rest of the Reserve outfit near Dugways Hill. Five-Mil- e . ft A ,.V |