Spc. Jeffrey Bennett, assigned to A Company 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, a native of Blair, Neb., lays down fire with his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a live-fire and movement-to-contact operation on the Infantry Squad Battle Course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 31, 2013. The soldiers focused on core infantry skills such as fire team movement, communication, shifting fire, and once on the objective identifying and eliminating weapons caches and treating and evacuating casualties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)