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3ID artillery NCO wins Gruber Award January 13, 2004 Sgt. 1st Class Glen R. Washington Sgt. 1st Class Glen R. Washington, the fire control NCO for the 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) Artillery, Fort Stewart, Ga., is the winner of the Gruber Award as the outstanding field artillery professional for 2003. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Washington developed critical tactics, techniques and procedures for the advanced field artillery tactical data systems known as AFATDS. While visiting Kuwait prior to the war, Washington planned for the 1-3 Attack Helicopter Battalion’s fire support element to fire digitally for the first time using AFATDS...