U.S. Soldiers assigned to Battery C, 2nd Battalion,

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment battle stiff winds, sub-zero temperatures and blowing snow as they prepare to hook up their 155mm howitzer to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for the flight to the Yukon Training Area, Alaska, March 7, 2018. The exercise, Automatic Big Rig, was part of the first gun raid in three years for the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, and was carried out in conjunction with helicopter support from the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment. The field artillery regiment is part of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. (Army photo by John Pennell)