[RSmithOpt]

From your tag line....in training, 4 of us were able to get the old four deuce down, set and a smoker out in just a little over 11 seconds. I carried the sights and the map. I had to figure the coords (my job), but since I already new pretty well where we were on the map (riding in a jeep w/ trailer) at Bragg, az and dec stuff was pretty easy to figure. The regular artie guys ( our graders) were somewhat impressed. First round 50 m short right, second, third and fourth about 30 secs later....well no more plywood hut.

[Bear_Slayer]

I was the corpsman so I spent most of the time sleeping and getting a tan. Believe it or not I could sleep through fire control missions - w/o earplugs.

I did get to drop rounds a few times and even FO. I enjoyed it a lot. I have great respect for the marines, especially those that have to hump a mortar equipment long distance.