Soldiers sharpen artillery skills in attempt to cut Afghan deaths
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Deep in the woods on the Kentucky-Tennessee line, infantrymen headed for Afghanistan are honing their precision with powerful weapons like mortars in a key element of the American military ’s new mandate to reduce civilian deaths.
Three soldiers from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division lie on their bellies on top of a berm on a forested Fort Campbell artillery range. A pair ...
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