GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Indirect fire infantrymen, colloquially known as mortarmen, are often shunned in the community of grunts. They participate in the same mission as their compatriots who hold an ...

American Soldiers conducted a live-fire exercise, May 27, at Combat Outpost Terra Nova, using the new 120mm Precision Guided Round, or PGR. It was mortarmen with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st ...

CAMP KONOTOP, Poland - Spread out across eastern Europe, the Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division are playing a lead role in ...

Often shunned by infantrymen who engage their foes in close combat, indirect-fire infantry -- known as mortarmen -- are a lethal addition to any military. Their main job is to shower down shrapnel, ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Instead, the two Gold Coasters spend their spare time learning how to fire bombs. The pair is among the ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Mortarmen lit up the sky Wednesday around Cactus Range on Fort Benning’s eastern border as they conducted a culminating live-fire event to become certified. Manning several mortar ...

Fighters of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade are holding back Russian attacks at the junction of three regions — Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk. Russian troops are not abandoning their attempts to ...