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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Allison Erickson, right, and three other soldiers practice the four-man litter carry during the U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge competition on the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 26, 2014. Erickson is assigned to the Bavaria Medical Department Activity.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Allison Erickson, right, and three other soldiers practice the four-man litter carry during the U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge competition on the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 26, 2014. Erickson is assigned to the Bavaria Medical Department Activity.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Allison Erickson, right, and three other soldiers practice the four-man litter carry during the U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge competition on the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 26, 2014. Erickson is assigned to the Bavaria Medical Department Activity.

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