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    120 mm mortar training at Camp Taji [Image 17 of 33]

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    The image shows a group of soldiers in a desert environment conducting what appears to be mortar training or a live-fire exercise. Multiple personnel in tan/desert camouflage uniforms are clustered around a mortar tube that is set up on a baseplate, while two individuals in US Army ACU pattern uniforms observe from the left. The scene takes place on an arid, flat terrain under hazy, dust-filled skies.

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ

    04.25.2009

    Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell 

    Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq

    U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, train the Mortar Battery, 142nd Iraqi Army Brigade, on how to fire the M120 mortar system on Camp Taji, Baghdad, Iraq, April 25.

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    Date Taken: 04.25.2009
    Date Posted: 04.28.2009 16:35
    Photo ID: 168506
    VIRIN: 090425-A-6851P-116
    Resolution: 4256x2832
    Size: 5.99 MB
    Location: BAGHDAD, IQ
    Web Views: 191
    Downloads: 40

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