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    Airborne artillerymen get back to basics

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IRAQ

    08.22.2009

    Photo by Pfc. Jared Gehmann 

    3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

    The artillery crewmen strain to lift the Howitzer onto its platform, Aug. 22, at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, located outside eastern Baghdad. Despite being artillerymen these Paratroopers conducted infantry-type missions such as foot patrols and clearance operations in Baghdad's al-Karradah district. The artillerymen are assigned to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad.

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    Date Taken: 08.22.2009
    Date Posted: 08.23.2009 07:55
    Photo ID: 197676
    VIRIN: 090823-A-9999G-005
    Resolution: 2250x1590
    Size: 521.95 KB
    Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IQ

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