A CH-47 Chinook gets ready to sling load an M119, 105mm howitzer, at forward operating base Gamberi, Laghman province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. Soldiers with Battery B, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana will be conducting sling-load operations; moving artillery equipment throughout the province in efforts to maintain stability. (U.S. Army photo by: Spc. Edward Bates/Released).