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Army Spc. Raynie Perez test fires a tripod-mounted M2A1 machine gun before weapons qualification on Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., April 5, 2014. Perez, a unit armorer and wheeled vehicle mechanic, is assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard's Company B, 126th Brigade Support Battalion.

Army Spc. Raynie Perez test fires a tripod-mounted M2A1 machine gun before weapons qualification on Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., April 5, 2014. Perez, a unit armorer and wheeled vehicle mechanic, is assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard's Company B, 126th Brigade Support Battalion.

Army Spc. Raynie Perez test fires a tripod-mounted M2A1 machine gun before weapons qualification on Camp Ethan Allen Training Site, Jericho, Vt., April 5, 2014. Perez, a unit armorer and wheeled vehicle mechanic, is assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard's Company B, 126th Brigade Support Battalion.

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