A paratrooper assigned to Apache Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, picks up expended shells 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 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)