Army Staff Sgt. Salvador Villegas, section chief with Battery C, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Task Force Al Taqaddum, prepares fuses on artillery rounds for an M109A6 Paladin howitzer at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, June 27, 2016. The “Copperhead Battery” conducts strikes in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation aimed at eliminating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Iraq further limits the group's ability to project
Army Staff Sgt. Salvador Villegas, section chief with Battery C, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Task Force Al Taqaddum, prepares fuses on artillery rounds for an M109A6 Paladin howitzer at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, June 27, 2016. The “Copperhead Battery” conducts strikes in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation aimed at eliminating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Iraq further limits the group's ability to project terror and conduct operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Donald Holbert/ Released)
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