Sgt. Douglas Owens, from Azel, Texas, formerly a heavy wheeled vehicle operator for Company E, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavlary Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, looks out the side of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as a newly trained door gunner for Co. A, 2-227th, 1st ACB. Other ground maintainers like Owens have switched roles to door gunner in order to help support the mission in the skies over Baghdad. 1st Air Cavalry Brigade ground maintainers take to the skies of Iraq 192395

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