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An instructor looks on as U.S. Army soldiers climb up and over a vertical stairway at the obstacle course on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., during day two of the 14th Annual Warfighter Challenge, Sept. 14, 2010.

An instructor looks on as U.S. Army soldiers climb up and over a vertical stairway at the obstacle course on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., during day two of the 14th Annual Warfighter Challenge, Sept. 14, 2010.

An instructor looks on as U.S. Army soldiers climb up and over a vertical stairway at the obstacle course on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., during day two of the 14th Annual Warfighter Challenge, Sept. 14, 2010.

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