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June 20, 2008 - Children from a village close to Joint Base Balad Anaconda stop to smile for the camera while "Redlegs" from the 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a combat security patrol nearby. The artillerymen from the 2-320th FAR have been conducting "Operation Balls DiMaggio" since June 18; the operation is a full-spectrum combat operation aimed at interdicting weapons trafficking, capturing munitions financiers, limiting indirect-fire attacks, and other insurgent activity, in vicinity of the JBBA. During the course of the operation, the "Balls of the Eagle" Battalion has been conducting 24-hour combat patrols in an effort to provide a long lasting effect on an ever improving security situation in the area.  Photographer: 1st Lt. Jonathan Springer, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs.

[In case you were wondering, "Balls of the Eagle" was the nickname the 2nd, 320th picked up during its seven years of heavy combat in Viet Nam]

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June 20, 2008 - Children from a village close to Joint Base Balad Anaconda stop to smile for the camera while "Redlegs" from the 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a combat security patrol nearby. The artillerymen from the 2-320th FAR have been conducting "Operation Balls DiMaggio" since June 18; the operation is a full-spectrum combat operation aimed at interdicting weapons trafficking, capturing munitions financiers, limiting indirect-fire attacks, and other insurgent activity, in vicinity of the JBBA. During the course of the operation, the "Balls of the Eagle" Battalion has been conducting 24-hour combat patrols in an effort to provide a long lasting effect on an ever improving security situation in the area.  Photographer: 1st Lt. Jonathan Springer, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs.

[In case you were wondering, "Balls of the Eagle" was the nickname the 2nd, 320th picked up during its seven years of heavy combat in Viet Nam]

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