Parachute infantryman 1st Lt. Patrick Nguyen, a native of Houston, Texas, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion (Airborne) 501st Infantry Regiment, loads a M2-HB .50 Cal. machine gun during the Expert Infantryman Badge qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 24, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War Oct. 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)