Live fire exercise utilizing a RMS6L 120mm mortar system
Camp Fuji, Japan
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct a live fire exercise utilizing a RMS6L 120mm mortar system on a M1129 Mortar Carrier as part of exercise Orient Shield 2017 at Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 19, 2017.
The exercise is designed to enhance U.S. and Japan combat readiness and interoperability at the tactical level while strengthening bilateral relationships and demonstrating U.S. resolve to support the security interests of friends and allies in the region.
RMS6L 120mm Mortar System
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, clean a RMS6L 120mm mortar system on a M1129 Mortar Carrier between fire missions as part of exercise Orient Shield 2017 at Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 19, 2017.
M1129 Mortar Carrier
Spc. Holden Rogers, assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, loads ordnance into a RMS6L 120mm mortar system on a M1129 Mortar Carrier.
U.S. Army Soldiers Live Fire
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct a live fire exercise with a RMS6L 120mm mortar system on a M1129 Mortar Carrier.
Thank you U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Lange for the photos.
