Members of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, with 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, lift an M777, 155 mm howitzer, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division in an artillery raid supporting the brigade offensive operations during Exercise Raider Focus at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Jan. 30, 2012. Although CH-47s are not combat helicopters, they do have hardpoints to mount three gunners and Kevlar plates for additional protection. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Reese Von Rogatsz/Released)