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Soldiers take on mastering mass exit jumps from the 34-foot tower with essential equipment during the second phase of training at the Army Airborne School in Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. Soldiers were harnessed to static lines and deployed through mock C-130 doors to slide along the cables and drop their equipment in the landing area.

Soldiers take on mastering mass exit jumps from the 34-foot tower with essential equipment during the second phase of training at the Army Airborne School in Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. Soldiers were harnessed to static lines and deployed through mock C-130 doors to slide along the cables and drop their equipment in the landing area.

Soldiers take on mastering mass exit jumps from the 34-foot tower with essential equipment during the second phase of training at the Army Airborne School in Fort Benning, Ga., July 8, 2009. Soldiers were harnessed to static lines and deployed through mock C-130 doors to slide along the cables and drop their equipment in the landing area.

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