Chief of Section, Staff Sgt. Freddy Perdue confirms a 155mm Illumination round as Gunner, Spc. James Simpson and Cannoneer, Pfc. Brian Chandler standby to load the round into the breach and fire it from their M109A6 Paladin in Badoush Prison, just outside Mosul, March 29. These field arillerymen of Howitzer Battery, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment from Fort Hood, Texas, fire an average of three fire missions a night in support of ground troops in Iraq. Paladin Howitzers fire rounds in support of ground troops 82420

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