Virginia Guard artillery Soldiers represent the modern military at "Military Through the Ages" event ~ March 17, 2012
Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard's Hampton-based Battery B, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery, 116th Brigade Combat Team demonstrate the firing capabilities of the M119A2 howitzer at the Military Through the Ages event March 17 at the Jamestown Settlement. Hundreds of re-enactors depicting armed forces from the first century to modern times converged on Jamestown for the annual event, with the Virginia National Guard Soldiers representing the modern military. The Soldiers provided a howitzer for a static display, answered questions from the attendees about their equipment and the Virginia Guard in general and fired the howitzer to mark the official end of the event's first day along with an artillery piece used during the time period that Jamestown was founded.
