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Army Spc. Fredrick Burney, left, qualifies with a .50-caliber M2 machine gun with help from his spotter, Army Sgt. Christopher Wheatley, on Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt., Feb. 8, 2014. Burney and Wheatley are assigned to Vermont National Guard's Headquarters Company, 86th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Detachment 1 Military Police.

Army Spc. Fredrick Burney, left, qualifies with a .50-caliber M2 machine gun with help from his spotter, Army Sgt. Christopher Wheatley, on Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt., Feb. 8, 2014. Burney and Wheatley are assigned to Vermont National Guard's Headquarters Company, 86th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Detachment 1 Military Police.

Army Spc. Fredrick Burney, left, qualifies with a .50-caliber M2 machine gun with help from his spotter, Army Sgt. Christopher Wheatley, on Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt., Feb. 8, 2014. Burney and Wheatley are assigned to Vermont National Guard's Headquarters Company, 86th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Detachment 1 Military Police.

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