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Paratroopers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, prepare to board a Chinook transport helicopter that will return them to their home base at the end of a five-day mission in Mianashin, Afghanistan, Oct. 5. Photo by Spc. Mike Pryor, USA

Paratroopers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, prepare to board a Chinook transport helicopter that will return them to their home base at the end of a five-day mission in Mianashin, Afghanistan, Oct. 5. Photo by Spc. Mike Pryor, USA

Paratroopers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, prepare to board a Chinook transport helicopter that will return them to their home base at the end of a five-day mission in Mianashin, Afghanistan, Oct. 5. Photo by Spc. Mike Pryor, USA

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