Sgt. Franklin Villalta, gunner and first man, center, of the California Army National Guard’s Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment, loads charges into the tube inside of an M-109A6 Paladin July 21 as Staff Sgt. David Verdoorn, section chief, left, and Pvt. Andrew Martinez, aka The Muscle, right, await the next step of launching a 155-millimeter round at National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California.

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