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A U.S. Army mortar crew operates a 81 mm mortar for the brigade’s Walk and Shoot, a live-fire exercise to train platoon leaders and forward observers of the brigade’s maneuver battalions at a artillery range on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 9 thru 11, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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A U.S. Army mortar crew operates a 81 mm mortar for the brigade’s Walk and Shoot, a live-fire exercise to train platoon leaders and forward observers of the brigade’s maneuver battalions at a artillery range on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 9 thru 11, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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