Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, wait to sling load M-777 155mm howitzers to CH-47 Chinooks during cold weather operation at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., , 2014. The air temperature was thirty degrees below zero, winds under the rotor blades were 140 miles per hour, and the wind chill under the helicopter reached negative ninety degrees. (Michigan National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Bratic/Released) Michigan National Guard conducts cold weather sling load and howitzer live fire exercise 140301-Z-LE308-021

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