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Army Ranger team leaders stress the importance of training with night optical devices.
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Rangers Own the Night
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The Fort Jackson Fade
Soliders crouch in the woods.
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Troops, Tanks and Targets
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Deadly Beauty
A U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft taxis at an air base in the Philippines.
Train Together, Fight Together
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Train Together, Fight Together
Marines carry a raft into the ocean for an exercise.
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Better Together
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F-15 Ready
A Seahawk helicopter flies over the Baltic Sea.
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Airborne Approach
A soldier demonstrates how to use a tourniquet.
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Pulse Partners
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Ready Recruits
Ready Recruits
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Sea of Sailors
Sea of Sailors
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Oil Check
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Remembrance Lei
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Crucible Conqueror
The sun sets behind an anchored aircraft carrier.
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Spanish Sunset
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