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Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Gonzales uses ski poles for support while firing an M4 carbine rifile during Arctic live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 7, 2017. Gonzales is tactical air control party member assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

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Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Gonzales uses ski poles for support while firing an M4 carbine rifile during Arctic live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 7, 2017. Gonzales is tactical air control party member assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

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