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U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre checks to

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre checks to

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre checks to ensure an M240B machine gun after zeroing during Operation Cold Steel II at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 28, 2018. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s c... More

A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response Africa bounds to his next position during a live-fire and maneuver range in Drasi, Italy, May 2, 2018. The Marines practice... More

A Spanish Army Battalion Training Team 3 instructor

A Spanish Army Battalion Training Team 3 instructor

A Spanish Army Battalion Training Team 3 instructor demonstrates how to assemble and disassemble an M249 light machine gun to Iraqi police from the 3rd Battalion, 20th Brigade Federal Police at the Besmayah Tra... More

U.S. Army Spc. Casey Hill, a cavalry scout with the

U.S. Army Spc. Casey Hill, a cavalry scout with the

U.S. Army Spc. Casey Hill, a cavalry scout with the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, remotely controls the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station II (CROWS), u... More

Spc. Grady Jones, 184th Sustainment Command, checks

Spc. Grady Jones, 184th Sustainment Command, checks

Spc. Grady Jones, 184th Sustainment Command, checks his M249 light machine gun for live ammunition after completing the crew serve weapon qualification on Aug. 1, 2020, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Cent... More

An Iraqi soldier, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 76th Brigade,

An Iraqi soldier, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 76th Brigade,

An Iraqi soldier, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 76th Brigade, 16th Division, fires the M249 Squad Assault Weapon (SAW) for the machine gun live fire range, as part of the Iraqi Army Brigade field training during O... More

Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, look

Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, look

Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, look through the optics on their M249’s during a training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 21. The Marines conducted a battle sight zero on the weapons t... More

U.S. Army Spc. Jamison Ellington, a Soldier stationed

U.S. Army Spc. Jamison Ellington, a Soldier stationed

U.S. Army Spc. Jamison Ellington, a Soldier stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, competes in the Forces Command Small Arms Competition from on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from Oct. 22 to 25, 2018. The competition... More

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Shannon Patterson, Task Force

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Shannon Patterson, Task Force

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Shannon Patterson, Task Force Triad cadre, hydrates during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operation Command (Airborne) at Joint Base McGu... More

U.S. Marines with Ammo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion

U.S. Marines with Ammo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion

U.S. Marines with Ammo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG) are instructed in the proper handling of the M249 light machine gun, by Marines with Combat Skills Training Sc... More

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Andrew Newlon, combat engineer,

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Andrew Newlon, combat engineer,

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Andrew Newlon, combat engineer, 688th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation) out of Harrison, Ark., lifts an M2 .50-caliber machine gun for a relay during Sapper Stakes 2015 at Fort Cha... More

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier disassembles

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier disassembles

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier disassembles an M2 machine gun at Preliminary Marksmanship Instruction during Operation Cold Steel II at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 4, 2018. Operation Cold Steel is the ... More

Spc. Miranda Conley, a 38th Infantry Division human

Spc. Miranda Conley, a 38th Infantry Division human

Spc. Miranda Conley, a 38th Infantry Division human resources specialist from Indianapolis, performs function checks on the M-249 lightweight machine gun at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Hoosier... More

Marines observe rounds impact down range Oct. 22 while

Marines observe rounds impact down range Oct. 22 while

Marines observe rounds impact down range Oct. 22 while awaiting their turn to operate the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during the Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Basic Course on Camp Schwab. The Marines are tr... More

A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion shoots

A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion shoots

A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion shoots the M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun at targets placed at unknown distances at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 7, 2015. Approximately 30 Marines fr... More

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct company attacks and maneuvers at range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-16 at Marine Corps Air Gro... More

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier qualifies

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier qualifies

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier qualifies with a Mark 19 40 mm grenade machine gun during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), ... More

Pfc. Azad Anvarian, an infantryman assigned to Charlie

Pfc. Azad Anvarian, an infantryman assigned to Charlie

Pfc. Azad Anvarian, an infantryman assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fires an M249 squad automatic weapon during qualifi... More

Georgia National Guardsman, Sgt. Gavin Walden, of the

Georgia National Guardsman, Sgt. Gavin Walden, of the

Georgia National Guardsman, Sgt. Gavin Walden, of the Fort Stewart-based Combat Leaders Academy, gives Georgia Guardsmen instruction on preventative maintenance checks and services during the squad automatic we... More

25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,

25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,

25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Soldiers trained on aerial gunnery May 20 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. This training allows our crews to maintain combat readiness and weapons proficiency... More

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Alpha, Bravo, and Delta

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Alpha, Bravo, and Delta

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Alpha, Bravo, and Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, call in fire support during Decisive Action Rotation 14-06 at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin,... More

U.S. Marines with Company C, Marine Wing Support Squadron

U.S. Marines with Company C, Marine Wing Support Squadron

U.S. Marines with Company C, Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command 16.2, engage targets with mounted M240B machine guns during a fami... More

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Andrew Torres, petroleum supply

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Andrew Torres, petroleum supply

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Andrew Torres, petroleum supply specialist, 362nd Quartermaster Company, prepares to fire an M240B machine gun as his assistant gunner loads rounds during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted ... More

M2 machine gun ammunition is ready to be fired at practice

M2 machine gun ammunition is ready to be fired at practice

M2 machine gun ammunition is ready to be fired at practice mounted live-fire qualification during Operation Cold Steel II at Fort McCoy, Wis., hosted by the 416th Theater Engineer Command, April 17, 2018. Opera... More

Master Sgt. Allen Kirkland, a reservist with 181st

Master Sgt. Allen Kirkland, a reservist with 181st

Master Sgt. Allen Kirkland, a reservist with 181st Infantry Brigade checks the accuracy of his practice shoot during the U.S. Army Forces Command Weapons Marksmanship Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 21, ... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, (left) talks with U.S. Marine LCpl. Adrina Boneff, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, during company attacks and maneuvers at range 400 du... More

A Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS),

A Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS),

A Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), is mounted on top of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during a fielding to U.S. Army Reserve units at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, Jan. 23-27, as part o... More

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre sort spent

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre sort spent

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre sort spent ammunition during Operation Cold Steel II at Fort McCoy, Wis., hosted by the 416th Theater Engineer Command, April 16, 2018. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. ... More

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct company attacks and maneuvers at range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-16 at Marine Corps Air Gro... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Taylor Turner, a network

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Taylor Turner, a network

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Taylor Turner, a network administrator with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during a machine gun r... More

Soldiers with the 159th and 160th Financial Management

Soldiers with the 159th and 160th Financial Management

Soldiers with the 159th and 160th Financial Management Support Detachment walk down range to view their targets after firing the M249 squad automatic weapon during qualification at the Florence Military Reserva... More

U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, provide suppressive fire on an enemy compound during Decisive Action Rotation 15-02 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin... More

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct platoon hasty attacks and maneuvers at range 410A during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-16 at Marine Corps ... More

Sgt. Ian S. Leverence, standing, 22nd Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Ian S. Leverence, standing, 22nd Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Ian S. Leverence, standing, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit motor vehicle operator, and Kimberly, Wis., native, assists in depressing and rotating a gas valve during an M-249 squad automatic weapon class ab... More

U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit vehicle crews are

U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit vehicle crews are

U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit vehicle crews are staged and prepared for mounted live-fire qualification during Operation Cold Steel II at Fort McCoy, Wis., hosted by the 416th Theater Engineer Command, Apri... More

Senior Airman Antonio Gant, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Antonio Gant, 374th Security Forces Squadron

Senior Airman Antonio Gant, 374th Security Forces Squadron 2018 Security Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment team member, fireman carries fellow team member, Airman 1st Class, Hanna Barnes, during group ph... More

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Matthew Hauge, Task Force Ultimate

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Matthew Hauge, Task Force Ultimate

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Matthew Hauge, Task Force Ultimate Preliminary Marksmanship Instructor, tests a Troop List Unit Soldier on his knowledge of the M240B machine gun during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by... More

U.S. Army Reserve Rotational Training Unit Soldiers

U.S. Army Reserve Rotational Training Unit Soldiers

U.S. Army Reserve Rotational Training Unit Soldiers with the 351st Psychological Operations Company, based in Ft. Totten, N.Y., head down range in their vehicle to conduct crew-served weapons training during Op... More

Gunnery Skills Training, Fort Hunter Liggett, California

Gunnery Skills Training, Fort Hunter Liggett, California

Pvt. Sergio Lazaro with the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion, based in Houston, Texas, binds with a M240B machine gun while conducting crew-served weapons training during Operation Cold Steel III, hosted by the U.... More

2019 2ID Best Warrior Competition Day 4

2019 2ID Best Warrior Competition Day 4

CAMP CASEY, Republic of Korea -- 1st Lt. Christopher Weber, Princeton, Kansas​ native, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear officer, 2nd Infantry Division 2nd Sustainment Brigade​, 2nd Infantry Division/... More

An Afghan National Army special forces recruit inspects

An Afghan National Army special forces recruit inspects

An Afghan National Army special forces recruit inspects the chamber of an M249 machine gun, Kabul province, June 27. The recruits practiced their weapons skills with the M249 machine gun, M4 rifle, 9 mm handgun... More

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a machine gun range on Forward Operating Base Thunder, Paktia province, Afghanistan, ... More

Republic of Korea Marines practice reloading in preparation

Republic of Korea Marines practice reloading in preparation

Republic of Korea Marines practice reloading in preparation for the U.S. Marine “table three” unknown distance rifle range Feb. 5 during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-3 in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, Republic... More

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, conducts weapon training on an M2 machine gun downrange at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 11, 2018. (U.S. Army R... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adan Garcia, a fire team leader

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adan Garcia, a fire team leader

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adan Garcia, a fire team leader with Company C, Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command 16.2, fires an M249 ligh... More

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, explains the purpose of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for the future of the Army Reserve with U.S. Army... More

A U.S. Army Reserve helicopter lands on a range for

A U.S. Army Reserve helicopter lands on a range for

A U.S. Army Reserve helicopter lands on a range for Task Force Triad medical evacuation training during Operation Cold Steel II, at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 19, 2018. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserv... More

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier prepares

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier prepares

A U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldier prepares his protective mask before heading downrange during Operation Cold Steel II at Fort McCoy, Wis., hosted by the 416th Theater Engineer Command, April 10, 2018... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with Task Force Dagger,

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with Task Force Dagger,

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with Task Force Dagger, fire a M240B machine gun mounted atop a M1097 HMMVW while conducting full rehearsal during Operation Cold Steel III, hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and ... More

A Spanish soldier, assigned with the Training Team

A Spanish soldier, assigned with the Training Team

A Spanish soldier, assigned with the Training Team Brigade, trains Iraqi soldiers how to properly fire a M249 during a live fire exercise at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2018. Iraqi soldiers learne... More

A paratrooper with 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion,

A paratrooper with 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion,

A paratrooper with 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, US Army Alaska, picks up his weapon as he moves off the drop zone after parachuting during... More

Private First Class Ryan McGuckian, a machine gunner

Private First Class Ryan McGuckian, a machine gunner

Private First Class Ryan McGuckian, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, looks through the optic of an M249 during a training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 21. More than 100 Mari... More

Iron Troop Soldiers with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry

Iron Troop Soldiers with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry

Iron Troop Soldiers with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, reload an M249 machine gun during a blank iteration of a live fire exercise at Tapa Training Area in Estonia, Mar.... More

A paratrooper with 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

A paratrooper with 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

A paratrooper with 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, takes a knee before walking a night iteration of company live-fire exercise at Fort Greeley, Alaska, Mar... More

Spc. Elias Rodriguez, on top while grappling, 2nd Battalion,

Spc. Elias Rodriguez, on top while grappling, 2nd Battalion,

Spc. Elias Rodriguez, on top while grappling, 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, out of Fort Bliss, Texas, competes against Pfc. Adam Coolbroth, 1st Battalio... More

Staff Sgt. Joseph Pico trains with a Barrett sniper

Staff Sgt. Joseph Pico trains with a Barrett sniper

Staff Sgt. Joseph Pico trains with a Barrett sniper rifle at the Suffolk County firing range on July 27, 2015. Pico is a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance (CATM) instructors with the 106th Rescue Wing, and i... More

Soldiers from Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division,

Soldiers from Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division,

Soldiers from Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, attend a period of military instruction on the M249 during a field training exercise, CPX2, on Dec. 7, 2018 at Ft. Riley, KS.

Spent ammunition is ejected from an M240B machine gun

Spent ammunition is ejected from an M240B machine gun

Spent ammunition is ejected from an M240B machine gun as U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Rodney Wingard, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, qualifies during Operat... More

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, speaks with U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the Regional Medic exercise about the future of the Army Reser... More

An M2 machine gun sits ready for ground night-fire

An M2 machine gun sits ready for ground night-fire

An M2 machine gun sits ready for ground night-fire qualification during Operation Cold Steel II, March 20, 2018 at Fort McCoy, Wis. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve's crew-served weapons qualificat... More

Georgia National Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Nick Brown,

Georgia National Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Nick Brown,

Georgia National Guardsman, Staff Sgt. Nick Brown, of the Fort Stewart-based Combat Leaders Academy, instructs Guardsmen about optic familiarization during the squad automatic weapons course at Fort Stewart, Ga... More

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct company attacks and maneuvers at range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-16 at Marine Corps Air Gro... More

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre instruct a

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre instruct a

U.S. Army Reserve Task Force Triad cadre instruct a medical evacuation course during Operation Cold Steel II, at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 19, 2018. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s crew-served wea... More

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Soldiers from the 25th

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Soldiers from the 25th

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division fired and qualified on the M4, M9, M240B, M249 and the M320 April 9, during the Tropic Lightning Best Warrior Competition. The Tropic Lightn... More

An Afghan Commando from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations

An Afghan Commando from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations

An Afghan Commando from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak, is mentored on increasing accuracy at long distances with an M4 rifle in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2013. Commandos review proper ... More

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, speaks with U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the Regional Medic exercise about the future of the Army Reser... More

A U.S. Army Ranger, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st

A U.S. Army Ranger, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st

A U.S. Army Ranger, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, directs his gun team to provide suppressive fire on an enemy compound during Decisive Action Rotation 15-02 at the National Tr... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benton Pohlman, a security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benton Pohlman, a security

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benton Pohlman, a security forces specialist assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, waits for his turn to fire a crew-served weapon April 12, 2017 at the Fort ... More

U.S. Army South’s Operations Company, Headquarters

U.S. Army South’s Operations Company, Headquarters

U.S. Army South’s Operations Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion conducted a multi-purpose machine gun range Aug. 25 at Camp Bullis, Texas, in order to familiarize its Soldiers with the M249 light ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Patrick Vasquez, a combat

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Patrick Vasquez, a combat

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Patrick Vasquez, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, fires a MK19 automatic grenade launcher at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, July 16, ... More

Mr. Thomas H. Harvey, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

Mr. Thomas H. Harvey, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

Mr. Thomas H. Harvey, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capability (PDASD), and U.S. Marine Col. Jay M. Bargeron, Director of Tactical Training Exercise Control Group (TTE... More

The ruck sack of Master Sgt. Russell Moore, with the

The ruck sack of Master Sgt. Russell Moore, with the

The ruck sack of Master Sgt. Russell Moore, with the 416th Theater Engineer Command and a member of the U.S. Army Reserve Marksmanship Team, sits in a holding area during the second day of the U.S. Army Forces ... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Patrick Whitton, with Bravo Company,

U.S. Army Pfc. Patrick Whitton, with Bravo Company,

U.S. Army Pfc. Patrick Whitton, with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, fires at the target during a fireteam movement-to-contact exercise at Camp Ethan Al... More

Smoke rises off the barrel of an M240B medium machine

Smoke rises off the barrel of an M240B medium machine

Smoke rises off the barrel of an M240B medium machine gun during a machine gun range at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Sept. 28, 2016. The Marines with 2nd Marine Headquarters Group fired the M240B, M249 squad automatic we... More

The M249 light machine gun, formerly designated the

The M249 light machine gun, formerly designated the

The M249 light machine gun, formerly designated the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and formally written as Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the American adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machi... More

Pfc. Daria Bolton, 184th Sustainment Command, fires

Pfc. Daria Bolton, 184th Sustainment Command, fires

Pfc. Daria Bolton, 184th Sustainment Command, fires the M249 light machine gun during crew serve weapon qualification on Aug. 1, 2020, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. (U.S. Army National Guard phot... More

An Airman assigned to the 107th Security Forces Squdraon,

An Airman assigned to the 107th Security Forces Squdraon,

An Airman assigned to the 107th Security Forces Squdraon, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., engages targets with a M240B machine gun during heavy weapons training at Camp Grayling, MI., May 21, 2016. The... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jolan Hardiman, a security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jolan Hardiman, a security

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jolan Hardiman, a security forces specialist assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, fires a crew-served weapon April 12, 2017 during training at the Fort Custer T... More

U.S. Soldier assigned to C Battery, 17th Field Artillery

U.S. Soldier assigned to C Battery, 17th Field Artillery

U.S. Soldier assigned to C Battery, 17th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division conducts security operations with an M249 SAW during Decisive Action Rotation 19-10 at the National T... More

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Randy Lene, combat engineer,

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Randy Lene, combat engineer,

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Randy Lene, combat engineer, 309th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation), hauls a picket pounder to the next picket while emplacing a hasty frat fence during Sapper Stakes 2015 at Fort... More

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Ruben Cardenas, indirect fire

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Ruben Cardenas, indirect fire

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Ruben Cardenas, indirect fire infantryman, practices target acquisition with an M249 light machine gun while Pfc. Luis Mong, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist, bot... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers provide aid to civilians

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers provide aid to civilians

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers provide aid to civilians in a simulated battle field training during CSTX 78-18-03, at Fort Knox, KY., March 22, 2018. CSTX 78-18-03 is a Combat Support Training Exercise that ensures... More

A soldier with the 160th Financial Management Support

A soldier with the 160th Financial Management Support

A soldier with the 160th Financial Management Support Detachment prepares their M320 grenade launcher for qualification at the Florence Military Reservation firing range on March 8, 2019. Soldiers with the 160t... More

Sgt. Jonathan Shue, noncommissioned officer in charge,

Sgt. Jonathan Shue, noncommissioned officer in charge,

Sgt. Jonathan Shue, noncommissioned officer in charge, machine shop, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, sprints to the nex... More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M249 squad automatic weapon at multiple targets during a live-fire training exercise here, Dec. 12. The Marines and Sailors ... More

A U.S. Marine with the Black Sea Rotational Force shoots

A U.S. Marine with the Black Sea Rotational Force shoots

A U.S. Marine with the Black Sea Rotational Force shoots the M203 during a certification range aboard Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 30, 2017. This range provided the Marines hands on experience ... More

U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldiers familiarize

U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldiers familiarize

U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit Soldiers familiarize themselves on a Mark 19 40mm grenade machine gun during Operation Cold Steel II, March 15, 2018 at Fort McCoy, Wis. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army R... More

Soldiers attending Air Assault School at Joint Base

Soldiers attending Air Assault School at Joint Base

Soldiers attending Air Assault School at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, help each other as they rappel down a rope from a 58-foot tower July 16, 2019. The students will repeat the training from a hove... More

A team of soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne),

A team of soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne),

A team of soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, move to the next objective during movement to contact, react to contact, and entry and room clearing training at Biathlon Tr... More

U.S. Marines demonstrate the “table three” unknown

U.S. Marines demonstrate the “table three” unknown

U.S. Marines demonstrate the “table three” unknown distance rifle range Feb. 5 during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-3 in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. Table three is a range used for shooting... More

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Tyler Chatterton, combat engineer,

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Tyler Chatterton, combat engineer,

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Tyler Chatterton, combat engineer, 402nd Engineer Company (Sapper), carries concertina wire to use in emplacing a hasty frat fence during Sapper Stakes 2015 at Fort Chaffee, Ark., Sept. 1... More

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conduct platoon hasty attacks and maneuvers at range 410A during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-16 at Marine Corps ... More

Spc. Kasheem Hamilton, an infantry Soldier with Bravo

Spc. Kasheem Hamilton, an infantry Soldier with Bravo

Spc. Kasheem Hamilton, an infantry Soldier with Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, loads an ammunition belt into his weapon during M249/M... More

Sgt. Craig McComsey and Spc. Joe Sears, both members

Sgt. Craig McComsey and Spc. Joe Sears, both members

Sgt. Craig McComsey and Spc. Joe Sears, both members of the Mississippi Army National Guard, serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team, pose for a photo at the district center, Shah Joy, Afghanistan.

U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st

U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st

U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division mount an MK 19 grenade launcher upon an M153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station II (CROWS) during a CROWS Operator course at Fort Hood, ... More

Marines clear out an M249 light machine gun during

Marines clear out an M249 light machine gun during

Marines clear out an M249 light machine gun during a machine gun course at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., April 28, 2017. Marines conducted the training in preparation for an upcoming deployment and to maintain combat re... More

Army Pfc. Ethan Adamson assigned to Apache Company,

Army Pfc. Ethan Adamson assigned to Apache Company,

Army Pfc. Ethan Adamson assigned to Apache Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, a native of Milan, I... More

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Marco Hermosillo, motor transport

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Marco Hermosillo, motor transport

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Marco Hermosillo, motor transport operator, 419th Transportation Company, zeros an M240B machine gun as part of Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by the 79th Theater Sustainment Command at ... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 688th Engineer

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 688th Engineer

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 688th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation) out of Harrison, Ark., discusses test questions during the knowledge verification portion of Sapper Stakes 2015 at Fort Chaffee... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Austin Otto, right, a weapons and

U.S. Marine Sgt. Austin Otto, right, a weapons and

U.S. Marine Sgt. Austin Otto, right, a weapons and tactics instructor, and Sgt Michael Roderick, a crew chief, both with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-363, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Cris... More

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