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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee, left, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Schalin tear boards from a building’s floor and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Lee and Schalin are pararescuemen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee, left, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Schalin tear boards from a building’s floor and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Lee and Schalin are pararescuemen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee, left, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Schalin tear boards from a building’s floor and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Lee and Schalin are pararescuemen assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

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