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U.S. Army Spc. Armando Ramirez checks an AH-64 Apache helicopter’s M230 30 mm automatic cannon during a forward arming and refueling point exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 15, 2014. Ramirez is assigned to 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Battalion, 227th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion.

U.S. Army Spc. Armando Ramirez checks an AH-64 Apache helicopter’s M230 30 mm automatic cannon during a forward arming and refueling point exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 15, 2014. Ramirez is assigned to 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Battalion, 227th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion.

U.S. Army Spc. Armando Ramirez checks an AH-64 Apache helicopter’s M230 30 mm automatic cannon during a forward arming and refueling point exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 15, 2014. Ramirez is assigned to 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Battalion, 227th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion.

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