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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brady, left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee, center, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Schalin, right, breach a door and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Brady, Lee, and Schalin are pararescuemen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brady, left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee, center, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Schalin, right, breach a door and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Brady, Lee, and Schalin are pararescuemen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brady, left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee, center, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Schalin, right, breach a door and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Brady, Lee, and Schalin are pararescuemen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

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