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Sgt. Tracey Ites of Marengo with the Iowa National Guard Alpha Company 334th Brigade Support Battalion adjusts the rear site of an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon on the zeroing range at Camp Shelby on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, near Hattiesburg, Miss. Ites, 47, and her husband will be deployed to Afghanistan with the Guard. Soldiers must shoot a passing score before going to the qualification range. This was Ites's first time firing the weapon. (Jim Slosiarek)