August 2020 Update: This video got a lot more attention than I ever expected it to. Love all the comments and interest! For those curious, I'm still in the service, same job. Going on 8 years and have had a lot of practice since I shot this video. Few common questions that I know will still get asked because everyone, including myself, skips the description, but I'll answer some anyway.

Q: Why so slow?
A: This was legitimately my first time acting as pad chief (one in charge). It wasn't planned as our NCO at the time was cut off from getting to our pad and I had to step up and take over. Crews at the time weren't permitted from crossing behind running aircraft, and you're not permitted to cross in front due to live ammunition being loaded. He was at another bird when this one came in and so I had to send it. Also, this was a training environment. There's some things that happen in a training environment that won't happen in combat or deployed environments. Is it the right answer? No, but that's how things go.

Q: What's with the blue tips on the bullets/rockets?
A: Blue indicates training ammunition.

Q: What did I plug in to the wing?
A: Communication cable plugged into my headset so I can talk to the pilots, find out what ammo they need loaded, how much fuel, etc.

Q: Why did I skip fueling?
A: Normally we run two pads from one fuel truck (two aircraft at the same time being fueled from one truck). In this case, for whatever reason they ran four pads off of one truck. I don't know why, but that's how it ended up. The result was that fueling took absolutely forever. Didn't seem necessary to have nearly 20 minutes of video where I basically stood there and waited for them to top off.

Q: DON'T DROP THE WRENCH!
A: I know, don't worry, it hurts me too to watch it back. As I said earlier, this was my first go at this on my own. It's gotten much better since.

Q: What did we hand up to the pilot?
A: The aircraft farther down from this one had a gun jam which sheared a bolt lug off and mangled a round. The pilot in my bird wanted to check it out so my buddy brought it over so he could see.

Q: Broken wood blocks?
A: Army has high budget for some things, low budget for others. If it fits, it sits.

Q: What patch is that/unit?
A: 2nd Infantry Division out of Camp Humphreys, though it operates in Washington State and throughout S. Korea as well.

Hope I hit most of the major things, some stuff I obviously can't answer due to the nature of it but I hope it hit the common things.

ORIGINAL: Last bird of the gunnery, Rodriguez Range, South Korea, May 2013. Not action packed but shows what armament does out in the field.