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Army Sgt. Yesenia Vargas, center, demonstrates how to conduct a functions check of an M2 .50-caliber machine gun on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2012. Vargas is assigned to the 95th Chemical Company.

Army Sgt. Yesenia Vargas, center, demonstrates how to conduct a functions check of an M2 .50-caliber machine gun on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2012. Vargas is assigned to the 95th Chemical Company.

Army Sgt. Yesenia Vargas, center, demonstrates how to conduct a functions check of an M2 .50-caliber machine gun on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2012. Vargas is assigned to the 95th Chemical Company.

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