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Air Force Airman 1st Class Tyler Parrish, left, breaks off a strip of 7.62 x 51mm ammunition before participating in M240B machine gun live-fire training at Grezelka range, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 27, 2016. Parrish is an installation entry controller assigned to the 673rd Security Forces Squadron. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

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Air Force Airman 1st Class Tyler Parrish, left, breaks off a strip of 7.62 x 51mm ammunition before participating in M240B machine gun live-fire training at Grezelka range, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 27, 2016. Parrish is an installation entry controller assigned to the 673rd Security Forces Squadron. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

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