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U.S., German and French paratroopers ride inside a C-130 Hercules aircraft while conducting an airborne operation in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 17, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command's 5th Quartermaster Detachment.

U.S., German and French paratroopers ride inside a C-130 Hercules aircraft while conducting an airborne operation in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 17, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command's 5th Quartermaster Detachment.

U.S., German and French paratroopers ride inside a C-130 Hercules aircraft while conducting an airborne operation in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 17, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command's 5th Quartermaster Detachment.

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