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An artillery shell hurtles from an M-119 Howitzer.
An artillery shell hurtles from an M-119 Howitzer during a joint training exercise at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Nov. 17, 2005. U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 319th Task Force are instructing Afghan National Army soldiers on the live fire procedures of the M-119 Howitzer.