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First in EIB ruck

1st Lt. Nicholas Kiser a platoon leader from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team completes the 12-mile ruck march May 26 for the Expert Infantryman Badge in a little over 2 hours at the Schoonover Bowl on Camp Casey, South Korea. 627 Soldiers attempted to earn the US Army’s EIB, by the time the testing was done 131 US and Republic of Korea Soldiers had earned it. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Final EIB event

US and Republic of Korea Soldiers attempt to finish the Expert Infantryman Badge testing May 26 at “Objective Bull” in the Schoonover Bowl at Camp Casey, South Korea. The objective, which consisted of correctly evaluating a Soldier with a ‘leg wound’ and evacuating the Soldier, was the final test after a grueling five-days of evaluations that included day and night land navigation and a 12-mile foot march. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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BG Mennes congrats EIB-earners

Brig. Gen. Brian Mennes, deputy commanding general for maneuver, 2nd Infantry Division, discusses the importance of the Expert Infantryman Badge and congratulates the U.S. and South Korean Soldiers that earned the badge, during a ceremony May 26 at the Schoonover Bowl, Camp Casey, South Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Gen. Brooks congratulates EIB earners

Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general, U.S. Forces Korea, congratulates the 131 U.S. and South Korean Soldiers that earned the Expert Infantryman Badge during a ceremony May 26 at Camp Casey, South Korea. “Well done by each and every one of you earning this coveted and very distinguished badge,” said Brooks, who earned the EIB as a captain. “To this day, the EIB remains one of my proudest accomplishments in my 40-year career.” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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True Blue

Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general, USFK, pins a U.S. Army Commendation Medal on Sgt. Andrew Raines, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, for successfully completing every event without retest and receiving first time “go’s” on every evaluation to earn the Expert Infantryman Badge, a “True Blue” awardee. 131 U.S. and South Korean Soldiers earned the Expert Infantryman Badge, with 29 achieving “True Blue” status, during a ceremony May 26 at Camp Casey, South Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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EIB's first female officer

Soldiers congratulate Republic of Korea Army 1st Lt. Ji Eun Jeong, a platoon leader in the 115th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 90th Mech. Inf. Brigade, 30th Mech. Inf. Division, on earning an U.S. Army Expert Infantryman Badge. Jeong, a 25-year-old from Seoul, South Korea, is the first female ROK officer to complete the EIB. South Korean officers are not actually authorized to wear the U.S. badge, but were pinned during the ceremony and awarded a certificate of achievement. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Seward thanks service members with a day of fishing

Spectators crowd around the official weigh-in point for the 10th Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament in Seward, Alaska, May 26. The tournament, hosted by the city of Seward and the Armed Services YMCA, gave more than 200 military anglers stationed in Alaska a free day of halibut fishing to thank them for their service.

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First female ROKA officer to earn EIB

1st Lt. Jung Ji Eun - an infantryman and a Seoul native - 2nd Company, 115th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 90th Mech. Inf. Brigade, 30th Mech. Inf. Division is pinned as the first female ROK Army officer to earn the U.S. Expert Infantry Badge, on Camp Casey, South Korea, May 26. (U.S. Army photos by Mr. Pak, Chin-U, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division Public Affairs Office)

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Female Offier earns U.S. EIB

1st Lt. Jung Ji Eun - an infantryman and a Seoul native - 2nd Company, 115th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 90th Mech. Inf. Brigade, 30th Mech. Inf. Division performs hand signals during the patrol lane to earn the U.S. Expert Infantry Badge, on Camp Casey, South Korea, May 26. Jung is the first female ROKA officer to earn to U.S. EIB. (U.S. Army photos by Mr. Pak, Chin-U, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division Public Affairs Office)

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Soldiers hone counter-IED tactics with Indo-Asia-Pacific allies

Royal Thai Army Lt. Col. Minwong Sitthisak, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Bangkok deputy commander, teaches the classroom portion of a counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) train the trainer course May 10, 2016, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Military members of the U.S. Army, Royal Thai Army, Bangladesh Army, and Air National Guard shared experiences and knowledge throughout the class to advance their C-IED skills and build partnerships. The train the trainer course (T3) was hosted by the U.S. Army Pacific’s Asia Pacific Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Fusion Center.

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Army mariners conducts weapons training at sea

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (May 16, 2016) - A Soldier with 545th Transportation Company, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, fires a M2 .50-caliber machine gun from the deck of Logistical Support Vessel-2, the CW3 Harold C. Clinger, during waterborne gunnery training May 16, miles off shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

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‘Ghost Brigade’ Soldiers prepare for future conflicts

A Soldier assigned to 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepares to fire back at enemy soldiers during Decisive Action Training Rotation 16-06 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., May 16, 2016. The training focused on the 1-2 SBCT combating a near-peer enemy and smaller militant groups in a foreign country. (U.S. Army Photo by Maj. Kelly Haux)

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‘Ghost Brigade’ Soldiers prepare for future conflicts

Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, take cover behind a Stryker, while clearing a city during Decisive Action Rotation 16-06 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., May 11, 2016. The training focused on the 1-2 SBCT combating a near-peer enemy and smaller militant groups in a foreign country. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Kyle Edwards, Operations Group, National Training Center)

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Coordinated impacts

Coordinated 155 mm fires from U.S. and South Korean batteries impact a hillside in the St. Barbara’s impact area May 10. U.S. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, coordinated fires with the Republic of Korea Army 26th Mechanized Infantry Division Artillery in an exercise involving 30 self-propelled howitzers. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Gabriel Jenko, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st ABCT)

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Coordinated thunder

South Korean Soldiers in the 631st Field Artillery Battalion, 26th Mechanized Infantry Division Artillery, coordinate fires from a battery of six K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers May 10, in a joint artillery exercise with Soldiers from the U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Dasol Choi, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Dragon fire

U.S. Army Soldiers in the 1st Battalion “Dragons,” 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, coordinate fires May 10 with South Korean artillery batteries from the 26th Mechanized Infantry Division Artillery. The exercise, less than six miles from the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, involved 30 self-propelled artillery from the U.S. and South Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Precision fires

South Korean Soldiers use flags, in addition to other methods, to precisely time artillery strikes, during a joint U.S. and South Korean artillery exercise May 10. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted the exercise with South Korean batteries from the 26th Mechanized Infantry Division Artillery. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Battery coordination

South Korean Soldiers from the 231st Field Artillery Battalion, 26th Mechanized Infantry Division Artillery, coordinate fires May 10 during a joint artillery exercise with U.S. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. The exercise, less than six miles from the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, involved 30 self-propelled artillery from the U.S. and South Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Joint fires

Lt. Col. Douglas Hayes, commander, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and Republic of Korea Army Col. Seong Ik Sung, commander, 26th Mechanized Infantry Division Artillery, discuss the progress of a coordinated, joint artillery exercise May 10. The exercise, less than six miles from the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, involved 30 self-propelled artillery from the U.S. and South Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. John DePinto, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st ABCT)

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Paladin lanyard

U.S. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, fire a M109A6 Paladin with a 50-foot lanyard during a coordinated, joint artillery exercise May 10 with the Republic of Korea Army 26th Mechanized Infantry Division Artillery. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. John DePinto, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st ABCT)

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