Posted January 17, 2018 10:00 am by Comments

By Tactical-Life

FIM-92 Stinger missile training


FIM-92 Stinger missile marines
FIM-92 Stinger missile marine fire

You know what they say: the only thing that stops a bad guy with a FIM-92 Stinger is a good guy with a FIM-92 Stinger. Ok, they don’t say that, but the U.S. Army has announced that the Stinger missile is indeed making a comeback.

In a press release, the service said that, for the first time in almost 15 years, the 7th Army Training Command’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) will start training soldiers using the FIM-92 Stinger missile system during future exercises. To get ready for this, around 50 OC/T (Observer Coach/Trainer) teams underwent their own training on the system at Hohenfels Training Area in Germany on Jan. 10.

Lt. Col. Aaron Felter, the director of training and doctrine for the Air Defense Integrated Office, said the move comes as a result of a directive from Chief of Staff of the Army Mark A. …Read the Rest

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