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U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Chris Lalonde, right, with his military working dog, Sgt. Maj. Fasco, sit aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter just prior to taking off for the historical military’s first tandem airborne jump on Gammon Parade Field, on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Sept. 18, 2009. Lalonde is assigned to Company D, 701st Military Police Battalion.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Chris Lalonde, right, with his military working dog, Sgt. Maj. Fasco, sit aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter just prior to taking off for the historical military’s first tandem airborne jump on Gammon Parade Field, on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Sept. 18, 2009. Lalonde is assigned to Company D, 701st Military Police Battalion.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Chris Lalonde, right, with his military working dog, Sgt. Maj. Fasco, sit aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter just prior to taking off for the historical military’s first tandem airborne jump on Gammon Parade Field, on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Sept. 18, 2009. Lalonde is assigned to Company D, 701st Military Police Battalion.

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