Spc. Mattew Ward, a native of Westminster, Md., assigned to Dog Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, tests on the land navigation course during Expert Infantryman Badge qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on Oct. 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or Special Forces military occupational specialties and successfully pass the rigors of the course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)