Training in Iraq Continues for Colorado Guardsmen [Image 1 of 5]

RAMADI, IRAQ

10.05.2009

Photo by Liesl Marelli 

3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery

Sgt. Matthew Schumacher of St. Charles, Ill., a squad leader for the188th Forward Support Company's Convoy Support Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, 115th Fires Brigade, briefs the troops going to the range Oct. 5 at Camp Ramadi, Iraq. Schumacher said weapons training is "imperative to our job because we go outside the wire and if we get enemy contact we have to be able to engage and eliminate the threat."

• Date Taken: 10.05.2009
• Date Posted: 10.14.2009 18:12
• Photo ID: 212873
• VIRIN: 091005-A-2315M-044
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 5.72 MB
• Location: RAMADI, IQ