A soldier assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, observes as an M777 A2 howitzer fires in support of Iraqi forces during the Mosul offensive at Platoon Assembly Area 14, Iraq, Dec. 7, 2016. Charlie Battery conducted the fire mission in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, the global coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht