Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, prepare an M-777 155mm howitzer to be sling loaded to an CH-47 Chinook during cold weather operation at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., Mar. 1, 2014. The air temperature was thirty degrees below zero, winds under the rotor blades were 140 miles per hour, and the wind chill under the helicopter reached negative ninety degrees. (Michigan National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Bratic/Released)
<dl><dd>Unit: Joint Force Headquarters, Michigan National Guard</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Chinook; howitzer; sling load; CH-47; field artillery; M-777; Michigan National Guard; MING; sub-zero; 1-119 FA cold weather operation 2014; 1-119 FA; cold weather operation; 1-147 AV; 238 GSAB</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Kimberly Bratic
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