Posted 11/5/2009
U.S. Marines reload a M777 A2 lightweight howitzer during a calibration shoot on Fire Base Pico in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2009. The Marines, assigned to November Battery, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, are deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher R. Rye