PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Army Spc. Austin Fontenot, of Port Barre, La., a gunner with the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, feeds rounds of linked ammunition into his M240B machine gun, in the gunner's nest of a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle May 18. The 1086th was preparing for a 5-day, 400-mile convoy from Bagram Air Field to Forward Operating Base Warrior and back down Afghanistan's dangerous Higway 1. ( Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th MPAD) Night Convoy down Highway 1 120518-A-ZU930-007

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