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Army Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, left, carries an evacuee up a hoist onto a UH-60 Black Hawk Medevac helicopter during rescue operations in Boulder, Colo., Sept. 16, 2013. Pantoja, a flight medic, is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade.

Army Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, left, carries an evacuee up a hoist onto a UH-60 Black Hawk Medevac helicopter during rescue operations in Boulder, Colo., Sept. 16, 2013. Pantoja, a flight medic, is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade.

Army Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, left, carries an evacuee up a hoist onto a UH-60 Black Hawk Medevac helicopter during rescue operations in Boulder, Colo., Sept. 16, 2013. Pantoja, a flight medic, is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade.

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