FORT BLISS, Texas – Spouses of 1st Armored Division Soldiers watch a rappelling demonstration by Soldiers assigned to Iron Training Detachment, 1AD, during Molly Pitcher Day, April 27, 2017. Spouses of 1st AD Soldiers spent the day learning basic Soldiering skills which included firing an M4 carbine rifle and rappelling. Molly Pitcher Day honors the work of a woman who carried water pitchers to Soldiers and continued firing a canon after her husband collapsed during the American Battle of Monmouth.

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