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 Fires Shock artillery drills end in the Arctic as US Army launches rockets in Norway
by Immanuel Johnson
• Stars and Stripes • June 11, 2021
 

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany —The U.S. Army’s only long-range artillery brigade in Europe fired its rockets this week in the Arctic region, marking a first for a unit that has been tested in a new series of drills stretching from the High North to Africa.

The 41st Field Artillery Brigade marked the end of its Fires Shock exercises with a live-fire event in Setermoen, Norway, where it combined forces Thursday with its Norwegian counterparts.
 
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade maneuver during Exercise Thunderbolt on June 10, 2021 in Setermoen, Norway. The soldiers fired the Multiple Launch Rocket System in Norway for the first time in more than 25 years. (Joe Bush/U.S. Army)

The exercise was the farthest north the brigade, based in Grafenwoehr, has operated since being reactivated in 2019. It was also the first time in more than 25 years that the U.S. Army had conducted a Multiple Launch Rocket System live-fire in Norway.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-06-11/Exercise-Thunderbolt-%E2%80%98Fires-Shock%E2%80%99-artillery-drills-end-in-the-Arctic-1674909.html