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Army Capt. Catherine Omodt speaks with a crew chief of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 27, 2010. Omodt, a Black Hawk pilot, is in charge of managing passenger travel for her brigade’s 4,000 paratroopers back to Fort Bragg, N.C., following a yearlong deployment in Iraq’s Anbar province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

Army Capt. Catherine Omodt speaks with a crew chief of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 27, 2010. Omodt, a Black Hawk pilot, is in charge of managing passenger travel for her brigade’s 4,000 paratroopers back to Fort Bragg, N.C., following a yearlong deployment in Iraq’s Anbar province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

Army Capt. Catherine Omodt speaks with a crew chief of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 27, 2010. Omodt, a Black Hawk pilot, is in charge of managing passenger travel for her brigade’s 4,000 paratroopers back to Fort Bragg, N.C., following a yearlong deployment in Iraq’s Anbar province. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

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