June 17, 2014 at 7:16am
1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division throw coffees during an Air Assault near the banks of the Tigris River. Original photo by Rick Rzepka
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Mostly cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day at JBLM. Accu-Radar a joke. Chance of precip…20%? Chance I remembered to TiVo "Bachelorette": 50%. Chance my mom switch it to "Top gear": 5%. Hi tomorrow 71.
This Date in History: 1775
British General William Howe lands his troops on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Mass., and leads them against Breed's Hill, a fortified American position just below Bunker Hill.
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