Spc. Nina Bray, intelligence analyst, Headquarters

Spc. Nina Bray, intelligence analyst, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 204th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, waits to enter a M203/M320 40 mm grenade launcher qualification range at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 17, 2014. Two years in the Army, this has been Bray’s first deployment. Bray grew up in Reno, Nev., before enlisting in the U.S. Army, she’s tattooed her life motto given to her by her drill sergeant in basic training, “forever be your own hero or be someone else.” (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Marcus Fichtl, 2nd ABCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)