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Soldiers train how to clear, load, correct a malfunction, and unload a .50-caliber machine gun during the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge training at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Oct. 17, 2016. The purpose of the Expert Infantry Badge is to recognize infantrymen who have demonstrated a mastery of critical tasks that build the core foundation of individual proficiency that enables them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver and repel an enemy assault in close combat. The soldiers are assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2d Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

Expert Infantryman Badge Training

Soldiers train how to clear, load, correct a malfunction, and unload a .50-caliber machine gun during the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge training at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Oct. 17, 2016. The purpose of the Expert Infantry Badge is to recognize infantrymen who have demonstrated a mastery of critical tasks that build the core foundation of individual proficiency that enables them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver and repel an enemy assault in close combat. The soldiers are assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 2d Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

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