LAWTON, Okla. – Army Pvt. Erik L. Voie has graduated from the Basic Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill.
The course is designed to train service members to maintain, prepare and load ammunition for firing; operate and perform operator maintenance on prime movers, self-propelled howitzers and ammunition vehicles; store, maintain and distribute ammunition to using units as a member of battery or battalion ammunition section; perform crew maintenance and participate in organizational maintenance of weapons and related equipment; and establish and maintain radio and wire communications.
The private is the son of Rolf E. Voie, of Iola, and Lori L. Bruski, of Iola. He is a 2008 graduate of Iola-Scandinavia High School.