U.S. Army Spc. Wesley Hales, assigned to the 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Spc. Wesley Hales, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment trains how to clear, load, correct a malfunction, unload and clear a .50 Caliber Machine Gun during the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) training phase at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 17. 2016. The purpose of the EIB is to recognize Infantryman who have demonstrated a mastery of critical tasks that built the core foundation of individual proficiency that allow them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver and repel an enemy assault through fire and close combat. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Javon Spence)