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Army 1st Lt. David Pearson takes a knee as he waits for another paratrooper to secure his equipment after successfully exiting a C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 12, 2013. Pearson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Airborne, Alaska.

Army 1st Lt. David Pearson takes a knee as he waits for another paratrooper to secure his equipment after successfully exiting a C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 12, 2013. Pearson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Airborne, Alaska.

Army 1st Lt. David Pearson takes a knee as he waits for another paratrooper to secure his equipment after successfully exiting a C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 12, 2013. Pearson is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Airborne, Alaska.

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