Army Pfc. Abu Shayed, a culinary specialist assigned to the New York Army National Guard 145th Maintenance Battalion, fires an M4A1 Carbine on a zero range at Camp Smith Training Site, 20 September 2016. The Soldiers were qualifying in order to go on State Active Duty to reinforce Joint Task Force Empire Shield, the New York National Guard security force in New York City, at the direction of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, in response to increased security concerns in the city following a Sept. 17 bomb attack there. ( Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Michael Davis)

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