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Army 1st Lt. Lauren Hogg waits to hook up her static line to the anchor line cable inside a U.S. Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft over Malemute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 13, 2015.

Army 1st Lt. Lauren Hogg waits to hook up her static line to the anchor line cable inside a U.S. Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft over Malemute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 13, 2015.

Army 1st Lt. Lauren Hogg waits to hook up her static line to the anchor line cable inside a U.S. Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft over Malemute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 13, 2015.

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