Soldiers Conduct Hand Grenade Training on Alaska Base

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Army Pvt. Zachary Graves and fellow soldiers receive instruction on hand grenades before running through practice stations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. Graves is assigned to 545th Military Police Company. The soldiers refreshed their skills by using practice hand grenades in various scenarios at multiple simulated targets before throwing live ones. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • Soldiers arrive at Kraft Hand Grenade Range on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • Army Spc. Kevin Wolford removes shrapnel from the inside of a practice hand grenade for the next soldier at the station on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. Wolford is assigned to 545th Military Police Company. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • Army Pfc. Marcus Figueroa, lying down, throws a practice hand grenade as Army Spc. Michael Gaffney seats a new fuse in another practice hand grenade for the next soldier on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. Figueroa and Gaffney are assigned to 545th Military Police Company. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • Army Pvt. Ashley Altamar installs a new fuse in a practice hand grenade on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. Altamar is assigned to 545th Military Police Company. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • Army Sgt. Westley Kenyon throws a practice hand grenade from a foxhole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. Kenyon is assigned to 545th Military Police Company. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • Live hand grenades sit in individual containers on Kraft Hand Grenade Range on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • Army Staff Sgt. James Rempala, right, hands a live hand grenade to Army Pfc. Anthony Trinidad on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. Rempala and Trinidad are assigned to 545th Military Police Company. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • A soldier throws a live hand grenade on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
  • A live hand grenade explodes on Kraft Hand Grenade Range on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 20, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher