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Artillery Soldiers accomplish it all while in Iraq [Link to Article]By Spc. Gretel SharpeeThe United States Army and its Soldiers remain the strongest fighting force in the world due to it’s flexibility to accommodate a changing battlefield. Nowhere is this flexibility more apparent than in field artillery units that are currently deployed overseas, like the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), who is making FOB Endurance their last stop before they redeploy to the states. The 1-37th, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., has spent the last 10 months serving in Iraq...

CAMP PACESETTER, Iraq - When he heard the attack helicopters were landing just outside, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joe Peveto thought he might be in for a New Year's Eve treat. His kid brother David flies AH-64 Apache Longbows. And seeing as how there's not that many of them in this part of Iraq, he figured the odds were good that David was at the controls. The two Army warrants had seen each other just 10 days earlier near Tikrit - their first meeting in seven months. A visit Wednesday would be a bonus. But this was not to be...