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Linked 5.56mm ammunition stands upright on a table behind the firing line as soldiers train with the M249 squad automatic weapon on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 23, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 23rd Engineer Company, 6th Engineer Battalion Combat, Airborne, 2nd Engineer Brigade, Alaska.

Linked 5.56mm ammunition stands upright on a table behind the firing line as soldiers train with the M249 squad automatic weapon on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 23, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 23rd Engineer Company, 6th Engineer Battalion Combat, Airborne, 2nd Engineer Brigade, Alaska.

Linked 5.56mm ammunition stands upright on a table behind the firing line as soldiers train with the M249 squad automatic weapon on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 23, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 23rd Engineer Company, 6th Engineer Battalion Combat, Airborne, 2nd Engineer Brigade, Alaska.

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