 Afghan National Army soldiers participate in a live-fire at the 122-millimeter Howitzer 2A-18, D-30 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan aboard Camp Shorabak on March 11, 2014. Afghan National Army soldiers are becoming proficient at their artillery skill sets as the U.S. Coalition forces retrograde. We have been teaching classes to these soldiers for three weeks. So today we have come out here to fire off these guns and we had a very successful range and it was very well done by our soldiers and very professional. We had all of our students here today. We had two groups. One group was dedicated to doing the paperwork and planning. Another group was actually loading and firing off these weapons. We shot off 15 rounds today. We had one misfire, but it was an equipment failure, not a failure of our soldiers who followed proper immediate action. There was a group of us sitting at a table. The purpose of these soldiers was to determine coordinates which translates into where the gun is aimed and fired and how these rounds will impact. This is very important when you are trying to deliver accurate fires. I am really thankful and I appreciate all of our counterparts out here for their instructions and they have been an immense help. I'd like to ask a request of our own officers that they continue to be very professional, that they teach our students and that they help our students for our future and for the future of our country.