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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Perry (right), from an expeditionary civil engineer squadron, loads a 155-mm illumination round into an M109 Paladin Mechanized Howitzer at Forward Operating Base Hunter, Iraq, on Jan. 27, 2009. Perry is cross-training with soldiers from Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, attached to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.

Senior Airman Joseph Perry loads a 155-mm illumination round.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Perry (right), from an expeditionary civil engineer squadron, loads a 155-mm illumination round into an M109 Paladin Mechanized Howitzer at Forward Operating Base Hunter, Iraq, on Jan. 27, 2009. Perry is cross-training with soldiers from Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, attached to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.

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