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U.S. Army paratroopers get an M119 howitzer ready for combat during a heavy drop mission on the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Feb. 25, 2015.

U.S. Army paratroopers get an M119 howitzer ready for combat during a heavy drop mission on the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Feb. 25, 2015.

U.S. Army paratroopers get an M119 howitzer ready for combat during a heavy drop mission on the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Feb. 25, 2015.

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