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Spc. Jeremiah McGhee, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, fires the M249 light machine gun at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Soldiers assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct M249 light machine gun live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted this training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Pfc. Miranda Argueta, a native of Dallas, Texas, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, fires the M249 light machine gun at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Staff Sgt. David Riley, a native of Rochester, N.Y., assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, holds a strip of 5.56 mm ball ammunition during M249 light machine gun training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Spc. Jeremiah McGhee, foreground, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, waits on the firing line during M249 light machine gun training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Staff Sgt. David Riley, right, coaches Pfc. Miranda Argueta during M249 light machine gun training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness. Riley and Argueta are natives of Rochester, N.Y., and Dallas, Texas, respectively.

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Soldiers assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, examine their shot targets during M249 light machine gun live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted this training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Sgt. Rene Hernandez, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, loads a strip of 5.56 mm ball ammunition into a M249 light machine gun at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Sgt. Melissa Burdge, left, coaches Spc. Derek Meyer while examining a shot target during M249 light machine gun training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Soldiers assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, examine their shot targets during M249 light machine gun live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted this training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Sgt. Rene Hernandez, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, fires the M249 light machine gun at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Pfc. Miranda Argueta, a native of Dallas, Texas, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, waits on the firing line during M249 light machine gun training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted the live-fire training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Soldiers assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct M249 light machine gun live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted this training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Sgt. Melissa Burdge, top center, assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, coaches a fellow Soldier during M249 light machine gun live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted this training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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Soldiers assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct M249 light machine gun live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted this training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness.

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17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Soldiers fire machine guns at JBER

Published Feb. 28, 2018
By Alejandro Peña
JBER Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --

Soldiers assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct M249 light machine gun live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Soldiers conducted this training to hone the warrior tasks and skills that are fundamental to individual readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)

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