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SAW gunners often carry 100-round soft packs to reduce weight, halving their ammunition capacity. Original caption: “Lubbock, Texas, native Pfc. Jason Bates, 21, a saw gunner with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, which is attached to 2nd BCT, 1st Inf. Div. pulls security in the Hurriyah neighborhood of the Kadhimiya district of Baghdad Feb. 8, 2007.” US Army photo by SPC Cal Turner, public domain.