Spc. Antoine Sheppard from Compton, Calif., currently

Spc. Antoine Sheppard from Compton, Calif., currently serving with Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pulls the ripcord inside his teams M109A6 Paladin self propelled howitzer, firing a 155mm explosive artillery shell at a high angle toward Rodriguez Range, South Korea, from a firing point three miles away, Aug. 14, 2015. “Once you actually get hands on rounds and you actually shoot, I don’t know, I get this chill going through my body,” said Sheppard. “My wife complains because it’s all I talk about now.” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Healy, 2ABCT PAO, 1st Cav. Div.)