Army Spc. Kyle Lupenski, a native of Los Alamos, N.M.,

Army Spc. Kyle Lupenski, a native of Los Alamos, N.M., stands in front of a M110 SASS, and M107 .50-Caliber Long Range Sniper Rifle as fellow Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, prepare to train with the weapons from an aerial platform in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over Malemute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, March 7, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher/Released)