Spc. James Brunson, assigned to Apache Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, a native of Boise, Idaho, jokes with a fellow soldier after qualifying at night with the M240 machine gun on Grezelka range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. The M240 is a U.S. military variant of the Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal MAG, and is a belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine gun firing the 7.62x51 mm NATO cartridge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)