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U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Robert Brukardt, left, an instructor known as a "black hat," pushes soldiers out the door from the tower during the second phase of parachute training known as "tower week" at the Army Airborne School on Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. Brukardt is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Robert Brukardt, left, an instructor known as a "black hat," pushes soldiers out the door from the tower during the second phase of parachute training known as "tower week" at the Army Airborne School on Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. Brukardt is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Robert Brukardt, left, an instructor known as a "black hat," pushes soldiers out the door from the tower during the second phase of parachute training known as "tower week" at the Army Airborne School on Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. Brukardt is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

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