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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A civilian instructor loads a tracer training round into a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification course for paratroopers on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011. Though it only fires a 7.62mm tracer, the training modules look and feel similar to the actual projectiles that can be fired from the weapon.

A civilian instructor loads a tracer training round into a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification course for paratroopers on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011. Though it only fires a 7.62mm tracer, the training modules look and feel similar to the actual projectiles that can be fired from the weapon.

A civilian instructor loads a tracer training round into a Carl Gustav M3 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification course for paratroopers on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2011. Though it only fires a 7.62mm tracer, the training modules look and feel similar to the actual projectiles that can be fired from the weapon.

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