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Army Spc. Benjamin Farrell lays the mortar tube and checks for his target during Operation Fury Thunder on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 22, 2013. Farrell, a mortarman, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

Army Spc. Benjamin Farrell lays the mortar tube and checks for his target during Operation Fury Thunder on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 22, 2013. Farrell, a mortarman, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

Army Spc. Benjamin Farrell lays the mortar tube and checks for his target during Operation Fury Thunder on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 22, 2013. Farrell, a mortarman, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

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