Cpl. Thomas R. Ryhal, 24, an assistant gunner from Newcastle, Penn., with Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, drops a high-explosive round in a mortar tube during a shoot in western al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 14.  During the shoot, weapons platoons from each company within the battalion took turns firing mortars. â??Being able to see how the rest of the companies worked and getting back together with them as a battalion was good,â? said Ryhal.  ::r::::n::
080914-M-6065T-003.jpg Photo By: Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson

Sep 14, 2008
Cpl. Thomas R. Ryhal, 24, an assistant gunner from Newcastle, Penn., with Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, drops a high-explosive round in a mortar tube during a shoot in western al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 14. During the shoot, weapons platoons from each company within the battalion took turns firing mortars. â??Being able to see how the rest of the companies worked and getting back together with them as a battalion was good,â? said Ryhal. ::r::::n::


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