During an actual combat operation in which rounds were fired against enemy targets, Las Vegas native Capt. Ken Heebner (left), fire directions officer for the 1st 'Dragon' Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment; New Washington, Ohio native Spc. Andrew Krebs (center) and Staff Sgt. Joshua Shackleford, a fire direction non-commissioned officer who hails from Charleston, S.C. verify targeting information which is then sent via computer to the crew of an M109A6 Paladin howitzer on Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 2, prior to the howitzer firing.