Army Spc. Yacouba Kone performs a function check on an M2 .50-caliber machine gun while preparing for exercise Talisman Saber at the Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia, July 10, 2017. Kone is assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s Company F, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Alexander Rector