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U.S. Army paratroopers await takeoff in a C-17 Globemaster on Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 24, 2015, as part of an emergency deployment exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

U.S. Army paratroopers await takeoff in a C-17 Globemaster on Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 24, 2015, as part of an emergency deployment exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

U.S. Army paratroopers await takeoff in a C-17 Globemaster on Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 24, 2015, as part of an emergency deployment exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

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