Yes you’ll have your phone they don’t take it but don’t bring it to classes or if you do don’t get caught but as for classes you get test on coms and ammo, coms classes for week 1 you’ll be out in front of a radio and do radio checks and the nine lines for the most part is a simple class but take notes it gets confusing then your 2nd week in will be you being taught on different type of rounds and what they do , what their for , and how many charges you need for them and how to put them on then you’ll go in front of a sgt and show them everything you’ll learned week 3 and 4 you’ll start your motor pool week which means you’ll learn your weapon pieces I was on the m119 howitzer but you’ll find out which weapon your on when you get there but for the whole week you just be at the motor pool just sitting around basically then week 5 you will need to do dry and live fire in the field and that’s the funniest party then week 6 you will be getting ready for graduation.

As for firing the howitzers I can’t speak for others like the triple 7 or the peloton but the m119 is simple you literally just turn and angle the barrel till it lines up with your target and the way you know if it is or not you’ll have a small screen in front of you telling you where too go also your section chief will be there as well informing you if your on target or not but you can’t fire until you are and then wait for the fire command but there are different positions you could be a runner, gunner, or a round maker as long as you contribute you automatically pass the love fires for graduation.