A Soldier assigned to U.S. Army Alaska's 109th Transportation Company loads his M240B machine gun, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in preparation for a convoy live-fire exercise. The transportation soldiers also simultaneously executed react-to-ambush procedures with follow-on hasty and deliberate vehicle recovery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)