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U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Scott Thomas rehearses the commands he will give to paratroopers as a jumpmaster as Staff Sgt. Timothy Rojas, jumpmaster instructor from Fort Bragg’s Advanced Airborne School, looks on, Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2010. Thomas assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, Advise and Assist Brigade, is preparing for training parachute jumps in Iraq later the same month.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Scott Thomas rehearses the commands he will give to paratroopers as a jumpmaster as Staff Sgt. Timothy Rojas, jumpmaster instructor from Fort Bragg’s Advanced Airborne School, looks on, Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2010. Thomas assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, Advise and Assist Brigade, is preparing for training parachute jumps in Iraq later the same month.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Scott Thomas rehearses the commands he will give to paratroopers as a jumpmaster as Staff Sgt. Timothy Rojas, jumpmaster instructor from Fort Bragg’s Advanced Airborne School, looks on, Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2010. Thomas assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, Advise and Assist Brigade, is preparing for training parachute jumps in Iraq later the same month.

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