An Afghan National Army recruit in Regional Basic Warrior Training adjusts his M16A2 rifle during a squad-level ambush tactics exercise at the Regional Military Training Center Southwest in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 19, 2012. The training was meant to familiarize the recruits on how to successfully ambush an opposing force when they arrive at their kandaks after graduation. Trainees broke up into two groups - one group of ambushers and an opposing force - and fired blanks from M16A2 rifles. The opposing force was almost always dispatched. (U.S. Army photo by Bill Putnam/Released)
