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U.S. and Dutch paratroopers join forces for airborne operations over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 9, 2014. A total of 220 soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and the Dutch army's 11th Airmobile Brigade jumped from CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The American troops earned foreign jump wings as a Dutch jump master ushered them out. In turn, an American jumpmaster guided the Dutch troops off the back ramp.

U.S. and Dutch paratroopers join forces for airborne operations over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 9, 2014. A total of 220 soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and the Dutch army's 11th Airmobile Brigade jumped from CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The American troops earned foreign jump wings as a Dutch jump master ushered them out. In turn, an American jumpmaster guided the Dutch troops off the back ramp.

U.S. and Dutch paratroopers join forces for airborne operations over Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 9, 2014. A total of 220 soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and the Dutch army's 11th Airmobile Brigade jumped from CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The American troops earned foreign jump wings as a Dutch jump master ushered them out. In turn, an American jumpmaster guided the Dutch troops off the back ramp.

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