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An expended 5.56mm cartridge leaves the ejection port of Army Pfc. Justin Ward’s M-4 carbine as he conducts weapons qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020, with fellow paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska. The battalion’s Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality.

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Targets are seen down range before Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct weapons qualification with M-4 carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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An expended 5.56mm cartridge flies through the air after leaving the ejection port of a paratrooper’s M-4 carbine as Soldiers assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct weapons qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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A soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, holds loaded magazines of 5.56mm ammunition before conducting weapons qualification with an M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020.The battalion’s Soldiers were utilizing individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Army Spc. Zachary Kenyon, assigned to Delaware Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, loads ammunition with fellow Soldiers before conducting weapons qualification with M-4 carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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An M-4 carbine rests on a shooting platform after U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers conducted weapons qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

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Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, load ammunition into magazines before conducting weapons qualification with M-4 carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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An expended 5.56mm cartridge leaves the ejection port of a paratrooper’s M-4 carbine as Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct weapons qualification with M-4 Carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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A Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, prepares for weapons qualification with an M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The battalion’s Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, load ammunition into magazines before conducting weapons qualification with M-4 carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Army Pfc. Justin Ward assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, mentally prepares himself to conduct weapons qualification with an M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The battalion’s Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Targets are seen down range before Soldiers assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct weapons qualification with M-4 carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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A soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, fires at a target from the prone supported position during weapons qualification with an M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The battalion’s Soldiers utilized individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Army Pfc. Justin Ward assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, fires at a target during weapons qualification with an M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The battalion’s Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Army Pvt. Jacob See assigned to Delaware Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, waits his turn to conduct weapons qualification with an M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The battalion’s Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, police expended shell casings after weapons qualification with M-4 carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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An expended 5.56mm cartridge leaves the ejection port of a paratrooper’s M-4 carbine as Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct weapons qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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A soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, holds expended 5.56mm shells in his right hand while policing up his brass after weapons qualification with an M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The battalion’s Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Clips with 5.56mm cartridges are seen on a table before Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct weapons qualification with M-4 carbines on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills, and lethality as paratroopers.

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Aiming For Perfection

Published March 5, 2020
By Justin Connaher
673d Air Base Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --

Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct weapons qualification with M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020. The battalion’s Soldiers utilize individual weapons qualification to build upon their basic soldiering skills and lethality as paratroopers.

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