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U.S. Army Pvt. Gunner M. Whitaker receives firing instructions from squad leader Sgt. Diego De La Vega during live-fire training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Sept. 25, 2011. De La Vega and his squad are firing live rounds during squad movements to prepare for potential combat during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. Whitaker and De La Vega are assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Pvt. Gunner M. Whitaker receives firing instructions from squad leader Sgt. Diego De La Vega during live-fire training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Sept. 25, 2011. De La Vega and his squad are firing live rounds during squad movements to prepare for potential combat during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. Whitaker and De La Vega are assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Pvt. Gunner M. Whitaker receives firing instructions from squad leader Sgt. Diego De La Vega during live-fire training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Sept. 25, 2011. De La Vega and his squad are firing live rounds during squad movements to prepare for potential combat during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. Whitaker and De La Vega are assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

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