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Show i r - ! : i i iirn-1'" ip- ..ii- Members of the 222nd Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion of the Utah National Guard participate par-ticipate in exercises while at summer training at Camp Williams in northern Utah. The unit is headquartered in Cedar City with other units located in St. George, Beaver, Richfield, Fillmore and Manti. Utah National Guard at Camp may be doing some things that they don't which they might take back home with them." During their second week of camp, the southern Utah units will be taking an Army , Readiness Testing Evaluation Program test, which will be administered by the active army units out of Fort Lewis. The test will involve simulated nuclear weapons, and will be as realistic as possible. Which is the way the Gaurdsmen seem to like things. "It's the very best type of training," said Sergeant Brad Riddle of Cedar City. "We always get good training when we can shoot." Another training exercise which the Guardsmen from Southern Utah enjoyed was "NCO Day" where officers of-ficers turned over one day's activities to non-commissioned officers, who made the decisions and generally ran the show. "NCO Day is going beautifully." said First Sergeant Bishop, with a bit of a smile on his face. "It's no different dif-ferent than normal. We do the job every day anyway. The officers just supervise." It's experience that counts. That seemed to be the sentiments of members of the 2nd Battalion of the 222nd Field Artillery here as soldiers from southern Utah units participated in their annual Utah National Guard two-week summer camp June 10 through June 24. The units which make up the 2nd of the 222nd gained valuable practice b y firing their 155 mm self-propelled howitzers on the Camp Willjams firing range during the first week of camp. "When you are working out of books, you can always come up with a solution," said sergeant Les Peterson of the 2nd of the 222nd's headquarters battery, which operates out of Cedar City. "But when you are shooting for real, things often happen that don't go according to the book. ' "When training with live ammunition, am-munition, you find your deficiencies, and you find what you're good at. We'll evaluate our whole program for next year based on what happens here." In addition to the headquarters battery from Cedar City, firing batteries representing units from Richfield, St. George, Fillmore and ' Manti and a service battery from Beaver attended the camp. First sergeant Kent Vishop of Cedar City said the units are receiving help from active army advisors from the 9th Division form Fort Lewis, Wash. "We've been learning to be more proficient, with their assistance," said First Sergeant Bishop. "And we |