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Examples of field artillery in a Sentence
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Cache Road lies just outside the main gate of Fort Sill, a major and historic base for field artillery with over 16,000 uniformed troops plus civil service workers.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
The 216th originally was created as a field artillery battery in West Memphis during the 1950s, according to the Arkansas National Guard.
—Tony Holt, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
Boston is a former U.S. Army field artillery officer whose research includes an emphasis on Russian ground capabilities.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
Between 2003 and 2016, according to the authors of the Rand report, training and readiness for Army field artillery atrophied as the service reduced its active field artillery battalions by nearly half, from 96 to 50.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
Those looking to pinpoint a recent apex of U.S. field artillery might look to February 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, when more than 350 U.S. Army artillery weapons targeted Iraqi positions, thwarting counterattacks and helping to secure a swift victory.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
As a result, there are several videos on social media showing Lancets targeting Ukraine’s field artillery.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
Some field artillery combat jobs had opened to women earlier than other disciplines had.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
Nikki Rizzi, who was among the first group of female officers the Army permitted to attend field artillery school in 2010, deployed with HIMARS to the operations hub of Kandahar, Afghanistan, as a battery platoon leader in 2011.
—Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1645, in the meaning defined above
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“Field artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20artillery. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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