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U.S. Army Spc. Ian Brown, left, helps Pvt. Andrew Brown put on his harness at the Army Airborne School during the first phase of parachute training known as "ground week" on Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. The soldiers, assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, learned how to wear their equipment and practiced parachute landing falls.

U.S. Army Spc. Ian Brown, left, helps Pvt. Andrew Brown put on his harness at the Army Airborne School during the first phase of parachute training known as "ground week" on Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. The soldiers, assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, learned how to wear their equipment and practiced parachute landing falls.

U.S. Army Spc. Ian Brown, left, helps Pvt. Andrew Brown put on his harness at the Army Airborne School during the first phase of parachute training known as "ground week" on Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. The soldiers, assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, learned how to wear their equipment and practiced parachute landing falls.

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