Hanging the round to fire. CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialist Cristian Coury, right, from Marshalltown, Iowa, a mortarman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, prepares to fire a 120mm high-explosive mortar round during a mortar operations exercise in support of Operation New Dawn at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 23, 2011. ( Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N) %%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%98Mustang%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%

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Hanging the round to fire. CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialist Cristian Coury, right, from Marshalltown, Iowa, a mortarman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, prepares to fire a 120mm high-explosive mortar round during a mortar operations exercise in support of Operation New Dawn at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 23, 2011. ( Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N) %%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%98Mustang%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%99 mortarmen display operational readiness 110723-A-CJ112-319

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