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Army Cadet Michael Suarez gets hooked up before being hoisted to the top of a 250-foot tower during training at U.S. Army Airborne School on Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 7, 2013. Suarez is a student attending Valley Forge Military College. The course includes three phases: ground week, tower week and jump week.

Army Cadet Michael Suarez gets hooked up before being hoisted to the top of a 250-foot tower during training at U.S. Army Airborne School on Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 7, 2013. Suarez is a student attending Valley Forge Military College. The course includes three phases: ground week, tower week and jump week.

Army Cadet Michael Suarez gets hooked up before being hoisted to the top of a 250-foot tower during training at U.S. Army Airborne School on Fort Benning, Ga., Aug. 7, 2013. Suarez is a student attending Valley Forge Military College. The course includes three phases: ground week, tower week and jump week.

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