 Fire mission! 311 is out here as part of the battery phase, supporting the FISC-X for 7th Marines. Chance to get these FACTS and those JTACs and the repetitions, working with aircraft and also incorporating supporting arms, such as mortars, machine guns, artillery. Step back! Combat center is ideal because you can just take one look out of the train there and see that this is the most freedom that we have anywhere in the Marine Corps to train at this level. We can incorporate units of sizes and specialties in different roles that we can't replicate anywhere else. This is the closest that we're going to be able to train even up to a regimental level. My name is Corporal Micah Takamir. I'm with 311 Kilo Battery, section chief for gun 4. Our responsibilities as a section chief is to make sure my Marines are doing their jobs correctly and safely. I'm verifying everything, making sure we're shooting everything good, making sure we're shooting everything right, we're hitting the target. When we're firing the outlets we're providing fires for any of the guys we're attached to, whether it be grunts, LAR, anyone out there, whenever they're out here, we're always out here providing fires, accurate and timely fire. Some things that make a gun section operate smoothly would be communication, teamwork and trust. I think teamwork is the biggest one because as a gun section we have to work together just so we can get these rounds downrange so we can provide fires for everyone. Trusting that your Marines know what their job is, you training them to do their job correctly, doing everything safely. Every time when we get a fire mission it's controlled chaos basically. We require a lot of hard work and dedication. This is a very technical MLS that requires a lot of focus during training to maintain the proficiency needed to come out here and execute. There's a lot of opportunity for things to go wrong. The training is necessary to maintain that level of technical proficiency needed so a lot of focus, hard work, dedication out here is a lot of grit. This is a very hard and rugged job. It is equally as important for us to continue training to stay proficient in our core competencies as artillerymen. We've got to keep the blade sharp so we can bring the thunder on the battlefield.