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210 RQS fixed forward fire training

Airmen of the 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard participate in fixed forward fire gunnery training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 25, 2018. For a week, two HH-60 Pave Hawks took to the skies above JBER training grounds and fixed their GAU .50-caliber machine guns forward.

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210 RQS fixed forward fire training

Tech. Sgt. Robin O’Brien, 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard gunner, looks through the gunner door of an HH-60 Pave Hawk during fixed forward fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 25, 2018. Two HH-60s took to the skies above JBER for the week-long training. The pilots and crew maneuvered though various scenarios before firing at stationary targets.

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210 RQS fixed forward fire training

A 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk soars past the Chugach Mountain Range during fixed forward fire gunnery training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 25, 2018. Two HH-60s took to the skies above JBER for the week-long training. The pilots and crew maneuvered though various scenarios before firing at stationary targets.

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210 RQS fixed forward fire training

Airmen of the 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard participate in fixed forward fire gunnery training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 25, 2018. For a week, two HH-60 Pave Hawks took to the skies above JBER training grounds and fixed their GAU .50-caliber machine guns forward.

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210 RQS fixed forward fire training

A 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk soars above Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson training ground during a fixed forward fire training at JBER, Alaska, 25, 2018. Two HH-60s took to the skies above JBER for the week-long training. The pilots and crew maneuvered though various scenarios before firing at stationary targets.

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210 RQS fixed forward fire training

Tech. Sgt. Luis Perea of the 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard loads a .50-caliber ammunition belt on a GAU-18 machine gun at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 25, 2018. Airmen of the 210 RQS participate in fixed forward fire gunnery training at JBER. For a week, two HH-60 Pave Hawks took to the skies and fixed their GAU .50-caliber machine guns forward.

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Arctic Warrior of the Week

Senior Airman William Anderson, 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron movement support specialist, receives the Arctic Warrior of the Week award April 20, 2018. The AWOW is an award highlighting JBER's top performing Airmen.

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J-bear tracking

James Wendland, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron chief conservation law enforcement officer, climbs into a black bear den in search of the fallen tracking collar, while Mark Sledge, 673 CES senior conservation law enforcement officer, keeps watch at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, learning where animals have their young, how young animals disperse as they mature, and where animals hibernate or overwinter is valuable to managing wildlife.

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J-bear tracking

Mark Sledge, 673d Civil Engineering Squadron senior conservation law enforcement officer, and James Wendland, 673 CES chief conservation law enforcement officer, approach a black bear den at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. Making loud noises while walking the trails will alert the wildlife of your presence and reduce a surprise encounter.

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J-bear tracking

James Wendland, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron chief conservation law enforcement officer, lifts a wireless bear tracking system in search of a Joint Base Elmendorf-Ricahrdson black bear, April 16, 2018. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, by the mid-1960s, Very High Frequency radio telemetry devices began a revolution in wildlife research and management by vastly improving biologists’ ability to locate animals.

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J-bear tracking

James Wendland, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron chief conservation law enforcement officer, approaches a known black bear den with a wireless bear tracking system at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. Negligent refuse disposal practices are the leading cause of wildlife encounters in populated JBER communities. At JBER there are strict rules which regulate when tipster trashcans can be parked outside for disposal.

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J-bear tracking

James Wendland, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron chief conservation law enforcement officer, inspects claw marks on a hollowed out tree at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the black bear is the smallest of the North American bears – adults stand about 29 inches at the shoulders and are about 60 inches from nose to tail. Males are larger than females, and weigh about 180 to 200 pounds in the spring.

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J-bear tracking

Mark Sledge, 673d Civil Engineering Squadron senior conservation law enforcement officer, observes a black bear family at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. Once the CLEOs found the black bear family, they discovered the tracking collar had fallen from around the adult bear’s neck.

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J-bear tracking

A black bear cub climbs a tree while its mother observes from the ground at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game there are an estimated 100,000 black bears in Alaska. Black bears are the more abundant and widely distributed of the three species in North America.

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J-bear tracking

James Wendland, 673d Civil Engineer Squadron chief conservation law enforcement officer, readies his pepper ball gun as he approaches a known black bear den at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson CLEOs regularly educate the local community to prevent chance encounters.

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J-bear tracking

Mark Sledge, 673d Civil Engineering Squadron senior conservation law enforcement officer, drives toward a known black bear den at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 16, 2018. Two JBER CLEOs were in search of a black bear to collect data from its tracking device.

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180406-F-LX370-0166

Army Spc. Eric Haugh, a native of Graham, Wash., assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, aims at a target with his M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle on Statler range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 6, 2018, during marksmanship training. A sniper's main responsibility is to deliver discriminatory, highly accurate rifle fire against enemy targets that cannot be engaged successfully by the regular rifleman due to range, size, location, fleeting nature, or visibility.

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180406-F-LX370-0227

Long-distance targets are seen through a spotting scope as paratroopers assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, hone marksmanship skills with M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper Systems and M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifles on Statler range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 6, 2018. A sniper's main responsibility is to deliver discriminatory, highly accurate rifle fire against enemy targets that cannot be engaged successfully by the regular rifleman due to range, size, location, fleeting nature, or visibility.

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180406-F-LX370-0119

Army Spc. Eric Haugh, a native of Graham, Wash., assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, seats a new round into his M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle on Statler range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 6, 2018, during marksmanship training. A sniper's main responsibility is to deliver discriminatory, highly accurate rifle fire against enemy targets that cannot be engaged successfully by the regular rifleman due to range, size, location, fleeting nature, or visibility.

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180406-F-LX370-0098

Army Spc. Arturo Dominguez, a native of Okeechobee, Fla., assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, uses a spotting scope to observe a fellow soldier’s accuracy with a M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle on Statler range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 6, 2018, during marksmanship training. A sniper's main responsibility is to deliver discriminatory, highly accurate rifle fire against enemy targets that cannot be engaged successfully by the regular rifleman due to range, size, location, fleeting nature, or visibility.

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