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Area National Guard completes two week field training at Camp Pickett
Citizen- Soldiers from the Danville Martinsville Chatham area in the 1st Battalion Field Artillery Virginia National Guard finished a two week camp at Camp Pickett. The unit practiced firing 105 mm howitzers and conducted essential supply, maintenance, and safety checks under Brig. Gen. Bennie Hayden and Major J. P. Morgan. Fire direction and observer crews coordinated indirect fire while an array of support sections managed ammunition, food, and equipment. Convoy movement to and from Pickett was organized for daily readiness.
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Area National Guard
Camp Pickett
Danville
Henry I. Slayton
Martinsville
Chatham
Field Artillery
Virginia National
Nual
Blackstone
J. P. Morgan
Bennie K. Hayden
Mored
CWO
Garneth Turner
Turner
US Army
Camp Pbickell