A U.S. Army Soldier with the 253rd Transportation Company,

A U.S. Army Soldier with the 253rd Transportation Company, New Jersey Army National Guard, fires an M240B machine gun during the Company’s annual evaluation at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 8, 2019. The Cape May-based Soldiers were evaluated by 1st Army Soldiers from the 1-315th Brigade Support Battalion, 174th Infantry Brigade, on numerous combat tasks including reacting to a chemical threat and improvised explosive devices, evacuating casualties while under fire, and recovering disabled vehicles. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)