SPARTAN SET UP

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06/17/2013 06:12 PM CDT

Soldiers work to set up their 105 mm howitzer following an airdrop onto Malamute Drop Zone during Operation Spartan Reach on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 5, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. The three-day exercise, which simulates rapid deployment into a hostile area, is the largest of its kind since the unit's activation in 2005.