Spc. Artilus Moore, an M1 Abrams Tank Driver for Mississippi National Guard’s 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team opens his hatch and looks down range in preparation for a live-fire exercise on December 12, 2018. Desert Observer, a biannual event conducted as part of Task Force Spartan, is an exercise that integrates a three-stage planning process, a dry run-through and a joint live-fire exercise geared toward increasing interoperability and cohesiveness between the United States Military and Kuwaiti Land Forces.
Sgt. 1st Class Henry Gann and Spc. Zachery Medlin, Soldiers of Mississippi National Guard’s 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team prepare their M1 Abrams tank for the live-fire iteration of Desert Observer Two on December 12, 2018.
A soldier of the Kuwaiti Land Force awaits orders to kick off a joint live-fire exercise with Mississippi National Guard’s 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team on December 12, 2018.
Soldiers of the Kuwaiti Land Force prepare and monitor the radio for a joint live-fire exercise with Mississippi National Guard’s 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team on December 12, 2018.
Soldiers of the Kuwaiti Land Force engage targets at Udairi Range during a joint live-fire exercise with the Mississippi National Guard’s 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team on December 12, 2018.
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