a person in a prone position fires a rifle down a firing range
260120-X-IT855-1004.JPG Photo By: Senior Airman Kevin Hernandez

Jan 30, 2026
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Preston Rice, 30th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, fires an M4A1 Carbine from the prone supported firing position during a Combat Arms Training and Maintenance course at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Jan. 20, 2026. During CATM, personnel practice shooting the M4A1 in the standing, kneeling and prone firing positions. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Hernandez)


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