Artillery

When they were finished in Arizona, the soldiers headed for Camp Stonewood, Calif., near San Francisco. Read More

PEOPLE lined the streets for a poignant service held to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the bombardment of Hartlepool during the First World War. At the service, held at the Heugh Gun Battery, on the Headland, schoolchildren, town dignitaries and locals paid their respects to remember the 118 people who were killed during the attack on December 16, 1914. Read More

When Doug Reece runs his hand along the cold metal of the light field howitzer holed up in a Parks Canada storage shed, he's running his hand along more than just the barrel of a gun. Read More

Army National Guard Pfc. Kyle J. Runyon graduated from the Basic Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill in Lawton. Read More

Army National Guard Pvt. Troy A. Snyder graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. The field artillery specialists serve in intelligence activities including target processing in field artillery, cannon battalions, division artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade and headquarters and fire support elements. Read More

Sometimes it's amazing how slow our sense of time is. Read More

A fourth-grader has been disciplined for handing out bullets to other students on a school bus. Read More

Margaret Wetzel was leaving her house around sunset three weeks ago when she heard a loud metallic bang, "an ungodly cat scream" and five gunshots. Read More

Army National Guard Pvt. Louis J. Massa, the son of Tony Massa of Spruce St., Warden, and Anna L. Tritchler, of S. Navy Blvd., Pensacola, Fla., has graduated from the Basic Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. The course is designed to train servicemembers to maintain, prepare and load ammunition for firing; operate and perform operator maintenance on prime movers, self-propelled Howitzers and ammunition vehicles; store, maintain and distribute ammunition to using units as a member of battery or battalion ammunition section; perform crew maintenance and participate in organizational maintenance of weapons and related equipment; and establish and maintain radio and wire communications. Read More

A shell exploded yesterday inside a gun at a live firing range at the Agency for Defense Development in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, killing one employee and injuring five others. Read More