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U.S. Army Maj. Sean Barrett jumps from a 40-foot parachute training tower at the Advanced Airborne School during Prop Blast, a traditional event that welcomes new officers to the division on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 8, 2011. Barrett is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Maj. Sean Barrett jumps from a 40-foot parachute training tower at the Advanced Airborne School during Prop Blast, a traditional event that welcomes new officers to the division on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 8, 2011. Barrett is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Maj. Sean Barrett jumps from a 40-foot parachute training tower at the Advanced Airborne School during Prop Blast, a traditional event that welcomes new officers to the division on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 8, 2011. Barrett is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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