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Soldiers hunker down behind cover as a grenade explodes.

Fragmentation Fire

Soldiers take cover while conducting live-fire training with fragmentation grenades at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 12, 2017. The soldiers are paratroopers assigned to the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Curt Beach

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