Washita and Other Weird Tales

My e-book, Washita and Other Weird Tales. written in 2023-2024 and published in 2024, has been added to this blog. You can find the main pa...

Thursday, May 15, 2025

5th US Artillery Bravo Battery Cannon

5th US Artillery Bravo Battery Cannon
5th US Artillery Bravo Battery Cannon

From 1987 to about mid 1990, I served in the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery of the 3rd Battalion 18th Field Artillery. Later I was transferred to Service Battery, the 3rd of The 18th. I was trained to work on howitzers, recovery vehicles, and M113 troop carriers. Later I served in non-artillery branches such as combat engineers and mechanized infantry. I hated the latter two. The 3rd of the 18th has been disbanded for a long time. I served long ago. I can't say many positive things about the experience. I didn't like it, but at least I never had to go to war.

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