We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for January 18, 2013

Fri Jan. 18, 2013 8:00 AM PST

Squeezing the near freezing trigger of his machine gun, Pvt. Jeff Richardson, an Infantryman with the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, prepares for realistic combat environments during a weapon’s malfunction training session held on a wet, 24-degree Fort Campbell field, Jan. 16. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joe Padula.

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