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A Croatian army soldier, left, and Slovenian army soldiers assemble and disassemble an M4 carbine at the end of the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge training at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, 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. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

Rifle Disassembly

A Croatian army soldier, left, and Slovenian army soldiers assemble and disassemble an M4 carbine at the end of the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge training at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, 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. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

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