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Army 1st Lt. Isaac Lyons, right, practices rapid loading of an M2 machine gun during Expert Infantryman Badge testing on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 14, 2015. Lyons is an infantry officer assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull

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Army 1st Lt. Isaac Lyons, right, practices rapid loading of an M2 machine gun during Expert Infantryman Badge testing on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 14, 2015. Lyons is an infantry officer assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull

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