National Guard troops fly HIMARS 2,000 miles for rapid strike training

National Guard troops fly HIMARS 2,000 miles for rapid strike training

Airmen from the Rhode Island National Guard and soldiers from the Michigan National Guard moved a powerful rocket artillery system more than 2,000 miles across the country this month, flying a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from Michigan to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin to test rapid deployment capabilities. Troops from the two states’ National Guards pulled off a “HIMARS Rapid Infiltration,” or HIRAIN, over the course o…