HHBN/SIS M249 Range qualifications. Original public domain image from Flickr
Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion and Signal, Intelligence, and Sustainment Company, 10th Mountain Division (LI), receive a block of instruction for M249 machine gun at range 35B at Fort Drum, N.Y., Oct. 20, 2021. the M249 is belt fed light maching gun and the go-to machine gun for the United States Army since 1986.