Army Sgt. Mark Blackwell, an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment trains how to clear, load, correct a malfunction, unload and clear a Caliber .50 Machine Gun, Oct. 17, 2016, during the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge training phase at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. The purpose of the Expert Infantry Badge is to recognize infantrymen who have demonstrated a mastery of critical tasks that build the core foundation of individual proficiency that allow them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy throug

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Army Sgt. Mark Blackwell, an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment trains how to clear, load, correct a malfunction, unload and clear a Caliber .50 Machine Gun, Oct. 17, 2016, during the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge training phase at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. The purpose of the Expert Infantry Badge is to recognize infantrymen who have demonstrated a mastery of critical tasks that build the core foundation of individual proficiency that allow them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver and repel an enemy assault through fire and close combat. ( Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach)

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