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U.S. Army soldiers begin a fire mission with the M777 Light Weight 155 mm howitzer on Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2008. The artillerymen are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, which is the first Army unit to field and fire the cannon system in Iraq.

M777 MISSION

U.S. Army soldiers begin a fire mission with the M777 Light Weight 155 mm howitzer on Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 2, 2008. The artillerymen are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, which is the first Army unit to field and fire the cannon system in Iraq.

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