SGT Albert Cook runs out of a M109A6 Paladin, a Self-Propelled Howitzer, to retrieve canisters (and do some good PT!!!) for indirect fire missions at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, in the Diyala Province of Iraq. The artillery Soldier is a member of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry and is currently serving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pic: SSG Samantha Stryker