Pvt. Brian Jackson guards along the perimeter of his base to prevent infiltration by simulated enemy forces at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Jan. 21, 2016. Jackson, a Stryker system maintainer with Forward Support Company E, 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Ready First,” 1st Armored Division, deployed here from Fort Bliss, Texas, with about 3,000 other members of Ready First for a monthlong training exercise purposed to test the brigade’s readiness for worldwide contingency operations.

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