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Show Airliftbegins for Guard units mm Mi i ' - i" " (t.JjpBB fUW..' J?!1 .. i - -- Ky Ff Stttji;-,- 'IrMMM'' -mMmW&ti4t& 1 An airlift from Cedar City and Salt Lake City transported the some 500 officers and men of the 2nd Battalion. 222nd Field Artillery unit of the Utah National Guard to Ft. Lewis, Wash. Sunday to begin their annual two-week summer encampment. Units from Cedar City, St. George, Beaver and Fillmore board four large Cl30's operated by the Air National Guard at Cedar City to make the air trip to Ft. Lew is while members of the unit from Richfield and Manti boarded commercial airlines at Salt Lake City. Sunday all units of the battalion met at Ft. Lewis and began the process of billeting w ith actual training beginning Monday. Adjutant General flew to Cedar City with members of his staff to see the guardsmen off Sunday forenoon. The southern Utah Artillery Unit will conduct live fire training based on their army training program but will not be tested after passing exams last year. The trip to Washington provides a chance to fire on a narrow firing range which will provide a challenging opportunity op-portunity to develop new skills. The active army soldiers of the 9th Infantry will provide special training assistance available only through a full time unit and will help the Guardsmen polish up on the latest changes in (continued on page 3) LARGE lMTS. Four of these large Cl30's from various Air National Guard units throughout the country helped in the airlift of guardsmen from southern Utah to Ft Lewis. Wash LOADING PROCESS. Members of the St. George unit of the Utah National Guard begin loading process enroute to Ft. Lewis, Wash, and two-week training. Airlift.... (continued from page 1) cannon firing techniques. Members of the unit, commanded by Col. James Miller, will be spending their two-week summer camp working with nuclear weapons at the northwestern nor-thwestern United States training site. While the units won't be firing any nuclear weapons, they will be spending most of their time learning about how to securely handle and protect these weapons. The units will also be firing 155 mm self-propelled howitzers as they train with their affiliated battalion of active artillerymen from the 9th Infantry Division. Maj. Gen. Maruice L. Watts, Utah |