Pfc. Robert Huddleston, a mortarman with 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, places a round down the barrel here Feb. 5. Mortarmen honed their skills during a battalion field exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. - Pfc. Robert Huddleston, a mortarman with 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, places a round down the barrel here Feb. 5. Mortarmen honed their skills during a battalion field exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.