A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, acting as a member of the opposing force, fires an M249 light machine gun during exercise Combined Resolve 2013 at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany, Nov. 15, 2013. Combined Resolve is an annual U.S.-led combined arms exercise designed to prepare U.S. and European forces for multinational operations.