December 4

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2007 — Afghanistan adopts the M16 for its standard infantry rifle. 2009 — 56-year-old Cushing, Okla., resident Donna Jackson shoots an intruder who had smashed his way into her home while she was alone. Her half-hour call to 911 would garner national attention.

Today in pictures

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  Live fire training at Typhoon Range, 1991.

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  Establishing a perimeter near the old airfield north of Mogadishu, 1993.