Soldiers conduct live-fire exercises in northern Japan, 2003

Soldiers conduct live-fire exercises in northern Japan, 2003

Two soldiers handle a gun on snowy ground.

Northern Japan, Feb. 20, 2003: Thanks to an emergency airlift of bullets, soldiers such as these 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company infantrymen reloading a machine gun were able to practice live-fire supression techniques at North Wind exercises under way in northern Japan.

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