Sure, he's carrying them. Looks like it's not a combat situation though, or even in an area with a significant threat of combat.
Absolutely a staged photo shoot as mentioned.
Carrying multiple main weapon systems is indeed done in an administrative setting, not so much in combat as it's a waste of time, energy and carrying capacity of things you might actually use. Carrying somebody else's weapon when they're injured or killed is another matter entirely of course.
Note I'm speaking from the viewpoint of an M60 machinegunner - we already had enough to carry without adding on another 5-7kgs of useless rifle and ammo. Absolutely everything else on me served a vital purpose. Wherever I could ditch weight, I would - for example would only carry a sleeping bag if the weather was expected to be cold, and never a mat.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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