A New Jersey Army National Guard soldier fires a M249 SAW during live-fire battle drills at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 9, 2018. The soldier is assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry (Air Assault).

Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht

Watch soldiers put the M249 Saw through its paces in the video below: