Pfc. Anthony Chapman, an infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, gets ready to load a Mortar round Nov. 1, at Fort Stewart, Ga. Mortars are suppressive indirect firing weapons, which can be used to neutralize, suppress, or destroy area or point targets, screen areas with smoke, and provide illumination.

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