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U.S. Army paratroopers get an M119 howitzer ready for combat during a heavy drop mission on the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Feb. 25, 2015. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army contingency response force in Europe. The paratroopers are assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.

U.S. Army paratroopers get an M119 howitzer ready for combat during a heavy drop mission on the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Feb. 25, 2015. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army contingency response force in Europe. The paratroopers are assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.

U.S. Army paratroopers get an M119 howitzer ready for combat during a heavy drop mission on the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Feb. 25, 2015. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army contingency response force in Europe. The paratroopers are assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.

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