Budget or No Budget, soldiers focused on the tasks at hand
A soldier assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, adjusts a 155 mm artillery round before loading it onto their M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. Two M777A2 howitzers were moved to this tiny combat outpost in the Pech River Valley to help support one of the most dangerous areas in eastern Afghanistan.
Soldiers assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, return fire from their M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. They have fired more than 1,200 155 mm artillery rounds out of “Capital Punishment” since first arriving in Afghanistan last December.
Soldiers assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, return fire from their M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. With the budget deadline approaching in Congress, these soldiers said they're more worried about doing their job and staying alive in one of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan.
As the base is being attacked, soldiers assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, run to their M777A2 howitzer guns to return fire at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. In spite of being out in the open, the soldiers returned fire as rounds impacted around them.
U.S. Army Spc. Joseph K. Murphy, left, a cannon crewmember from Marshall, Ill., fires a M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" as another soldier covers his ears at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. Both soldiers are assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco.
A soldier assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, adjusts a 155 mm artillery round before loading it onto their M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. Two M777A2 howitzers were moved to this tiny combat outpost in the Pech River Valley to help support one of the most dangerous areas in eastern Afghanistan.
Soldiers assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, return fire from their M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. They have fired more than 1,200 155 mm artillery rounds out of “Capital Punishment” since first arriving in Afghanistan last December.
Soldiers assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, return fire from their M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. With the budget deadline approaching in Congress, these soldiers said they're more worried about doing their job and staying alive in one of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan.
As the base is being attacked, soldiers assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco, run to their M777A2 howitzer guns to return fire at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. In spite of being out in the open, the soldiers returned fire as rounds impacted around them.
U.S. Army Spc. Joseph K. Murphy, left, a cannon crewmember from Marshall, Ill., fires a M777A2 howitzer named "Capital Punishment" as another soldier covers his ears at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, July 30. Both soldiers are assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Bronco.
