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U.S. Army Spc. Andres Galindo adjusts the barrel of a .50 caliber machine gun while under simulated fire during the situational training exercise for the NCO of the Year competition in Baumholder, Germany, June 30, 2009. Galindo is assigned to the 357th Air Missile Defense-Detachment. Competitors were required to wear their mission-oriented protective posture gear.

BARRELING THROUGH

U.S. Army Spc. Andres Galindo adjusts the barrel of a .50 caliber machine gun while under simulated fire during the situational training exercise for the NCO of the Year competition in Baumholder, Germany, June 30, 2009. Galindo is assigned to the 357th Air Missile Defense-Detachment. Competitors were required to wear their mission-oriented protective posture gear.

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