FORT BLISS, Texas – Spouses of 1st Armored Division Soldiers check their targets after firing M4 carbine rifles during Molly Pitcher Day, April 27, 2017. Spouses of 1st AD Soldiers spent the day learning basic Soldiering skills which included spending time at the range and rappelling. Molly Pitcher Day honors the work of a woman who carried water pitchers to Soldiers and continued firing a canon after her husband collapsed during the American Battle of Monmouth.

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