TAJI, Iraq - Maj. Matthew DeLoia, an artillery officer from Duluth, Minn., shows off one of dozens of abandoned howitzers July 2, which are being refurbished for use by the Iraqi Army at Camp Taji, which is north of Baghdad. DeLoia is a member of a M...

TAJI, Iraq - Two Iraqi mechanics work on the diesel engine of an M109A1 howitzer under the guidance of Maj. Matthew DeLoia, an advisor with a Military Transition Team team assigned to 34th Armored Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, at Camp Taji, north...

TAJI, Iraq - Maj. Matthew DeLoia, an artillery officer assigned as a Military Transition Team advisor to the 34th Armored Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, examines the breech end of a firing tube on a M109A1 howitzer at Camp Taji. The howitzer was o...