FORT DRUM--Pvt. Harris Saifi, a 10th Mountain Division Soldier from Queens, N.Y., pulls security as an aircrew of the New York Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation airlifts one of a dozen 105 mm howitzers to the 10th Mountain Division's Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment during an exercise here on May 4, 2017. In addition to deploying to the field and setting up their logistics area and headquarters, 3rd Battalion troops planned, prepared, rehearsed and executed the airlift mission -- which included 105 mm howitzer ammunition and 10th Mountain Division troops -- within 72 hours of receiving it.
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