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U.S. Army HIMARS Conduct Live Fire During Orient Shield 26
A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), assigned to 1-17 Long Range Fires Battalion, 3d Multi-Domain Task Force, fires during a live-fire event at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 22, 2026, during Exercise Orient Shield 26. The exercise strengthens lethality
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A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), assigned to 1-17 Long Range Fires Battalion, 3d Multi-Domain Task Force, fires during a live-fire event at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 22, 2026, during Exercise Orient Shield 26. The exercise strengthens lethality by combining dynamic field training, multinational maneuver operations and live-fire events to develop combat-ready formations capable of integrating effective fires, movement, sustainment, interoperability and command and control across a complex and contested operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steve Asfall) A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), assigned to 1-17 Long Range Fires Battalion, 3d Multi-Domain Task Force, fires during a live-fire event at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 22, 2026, during Exercise Orient Shield 26. The exercise strengthens lethality by combining dynamic field training, multinational maneuver operations and live-fire events to develop combat-ready formations capable of integrating effective fires, movement, sustainment, interoperability and command and control across a complex and contested operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steve Asfall) A U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), assigned to 1-17 Long Range Fires Battalion, 3d Multi-Domain Task Force, fires during a live-fire event at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 22, 2026, during Exercise Orient Shield 26. The exercise strengthens lethality by combining dynamic field training, multinational maneuver operations and live-fire events to develop combat-ready formations capable of integrating effective fires, movement, sustainment, interoperability and command and control across a complex and contested operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steve Asfall) U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jaquan Alexander, assigned to 1-17 Long Range Fires Battalion, 3d Multi-Domain Task Force, observes M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-fire operations at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 21, 2026, during Exercise Orient Shield 26. The exercise strengthens lethality by combining dynamic field training, multinational maneuver operations and live-fire events to develop combat-ready formations capable of integrating effective fires, movement, sustainment, interoperability and command and control across a complex and contested operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steve Asfall) U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Quinones, assigned to 1-17 Long Range Fires Battalion, 3d Multi-Domain Task Force, observes M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-fire operations from behind a tree at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sept. 21, 2026, during Exercise Orient Shield 26. The exercise strengthens lethality by combining dynamic field training, multinational maneuver operations and live-fire events to develop combat-ready formations capable of integrating effective fires, movement, sustainment, interoperability and command and control across a complex and contested operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steve Asfall)
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