The graduating cannon crewmember (13B) class waits to receive their certificates of completion at the Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, August 22, 2016. Among the graduating class are four Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) females, who graduated as the OKARNG's first qualified female cannon crewmembers. This rigorous and physically-demanding course teaches Soldiers a range of skills and focuses on identifying different types of howitzers, techniques of handling ammunition, setting fuses, preparing charges, loading and firing the howitzers, performing maintenance and other crewmember duties. This Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) came available for females after the removal of the military’s ban on women serving in combat arms in early 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 1st Lt. Leanna Litsch)
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Sgt. 1st Class Megan Blosch of Bristow, Oklahoma, proudly holds her cannon crewmember (13B) certificate of completion at the Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, August 22, 2016. Blosch is one of the first qualified female cannon crewmembers in the Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG).
“It’s an awesome feeling now to be able to actually have the same MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) and hold the same MOS as these guys and know legitimately I’m doing the job and not just support,” Blosch said.
Among the graduating class are three other OKARNG females, who also graduated as the OKARNG's first qualified female cannon crewmembers. This rigorous and physically-demanding course teaches Soldiers a range of skills and focuses on identifying different types of howitzers, techniques of handling ammunition, setting fuses, preparing charges, loading and firing the howitzers, performing maintenance and other crewmember duties. This Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) came available for females after the removal of the military’s ban on women serving in combat arms in early 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 1st Lt. Leanna Litsch)
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The Oklahoma Army National Guard graduated its first qualified female cannon crewmembers (13B) at the Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, August 22, 2016. This rigorous and physically-demanding course teaches Soldiers a range of skills and focuses on identifying different types of howitzers, techniques of handling ammunition, setting fuses, preparing charges, loading and firing the howitzers, performing maintenance and other crewmember duties. This Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) came available for females after the removal of the military’s ban on women serving in combat arms in early 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 1st Lt. Leanna Litsch)
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Staff Sgt. Louise Smith of Binger, Oklahoma, proudly holds her cannon crewmember (13B) certificate of completion at the Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, August 22, 2016. Smith is one of the first qualified female cannon crewmembers in the Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG).
“I couldn’t have asked for a better group to go through this with and I’m looking forward to putting some steel on Lucille,” Smith said.
Among the graduating class are three other OKARNG females, who also graduated as the OKARNG's first qualified female cannon crewmembers. This rigorous and physically-demanding course teaches Soldiers a range of skills and focuses on identifying different types of howitzers, techniques of handling ammunition, setting fuses, preparing charges, loading and firing the howitzers, performing maintenance and other crewmember duties. This Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) came available for females after the removal of the military’s ban on women serving in combat arms in early 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 1st Lt. Leanna Litsch)
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Sgt. 1st Class Megan Blosch, of Bristow, Oklahoma, receives her cannon crewmember (13B) certificate of completion from her instructor, Sgt. 1st Class Keith Glenn at the Regional Training Institute in Oklahoma City, August 22, 2016. Blosch is one of the first qualified female cannon crewmembers in the Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG). Among the graduating class are three other OKARNG females, who also graduated as the OKARNG's first qualified female cannon crewmembers. This rigorous and physically-demanding course teaches Soldiers a range of skills and focuses on identifying different types of howitzers, techniques of handling ammunition, setting fuses, preparing charges, loading and firing the howitzers, performing maintenance and other crewmember duties. This Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) came available for females after the removal of the military’s ban on women serving in combat arms in early 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by 1st Lt. Leanna Litsch)
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