Gallery: Snow-covered live-fire qualifications

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  • Soldiers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment prepare to move out on a mission during a light snowfall. The soldiers, all mortarmen from within the battalion, were training for live-fire qualifications Jan. 12 at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (U.S. Army photo/John Pennell)
  • Staff Sgt. Ryan Fountain, C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment works with his soldiers to set up a 60mm mortar during training Jan. 12. Mortarmen from the 1-501st were training for live-fire qualifications at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (U.S. Army photo/John Pennell)
  • Spc. Connor Fleener, A Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, checks for the correct aizmuth as he helps set up a 60mm mortar during training Jan. 12. Mortarmen from the 1-501st were training for live-fire qualifications at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (U.S. Army photo/John Pennell)
  • Staff Sgt. Ryan Fountain, C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment works with his soldiers to set up a 60mm mortar during training Jan. 12. Mortarmen from the 1-501st were training for live-fire qualifications at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (U.S. Army photo/John Pennell)
  • Staff Sgt. Ryan Fountain (right), Spc. Thomas Snow (center) and Spc. Austin Edwards, C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, set up a 60 mm mortar during training Jan. 12. Mortarmen from the 1-501st were training for live-fire qualifications at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Army photo/John Pennell)
  • Spc. Austin Edwards, C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, sets up a 60 mm mortar during training Jan. 12. Mortarmen from the 1-501st were training for live-fire qualifications at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Army photo/John Pennell)
  • Spc. Thomas Snow drops a 120 mm mortar round into the tube during training Jan. 12. Mortarmen from the 1-501st were training for live-fire qualifications at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Army photo/John Pennell)
  • A 120 mm mortar round exits the tube in a flash of smoke and fire during training Jan. 12. Mortarmen from the 1-501st were training for live-fire qualifications at Firing Point Upper Cole on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Army photo/John Pennell)