New York Army National Guard Spc. Andrew Paulson, a heavy equipment operator from Amherst, N.Y., assigned to Company A 27th Brigade Special Troops Battalion operates a High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE) to construct a crew-served fighting position during the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise at Fort Drum, N.Y., July 13. Company A, 27th BSTB was tasked with creating the base defenses for the 27th IBCT’s Tactical Command Post (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Alexander Rector/released).