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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe carries a ladder away from a storage container being transported by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a sling-load training exercise at the Senator Harry Reid Readiness and Training Center in Stead, Nev., June 28, 2011. Lowe is an airborne vehicle equipment operator craftsman assigned to the 820th Red Horse Squadron, and the CH-47 crew is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Company, Nevada Army National Guard.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe carries a ladder away from a storage container being transported by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a sling-load training exercise at the Senator Harry Reid Readiness and Training Center in Stead, Nev., June 28, 2011. Lowe is an airborne vehicle equipment operator craftsman assigned to the 820th Red Horse Squadron, and the CH-47 crew is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Company, Nevada Army National Guard.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe carries a ladder away from a storage container being transported by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a sling-load training exercise at the Senator Harry Reid Readiness and Training Center in Stead, Nev., June 28, 2011. Lowe is an airborne vehicle equipment operator craftsman assigned to the 820th Red Horse Squadron, and the CH-47 crew is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Company, Nevada Army National Guard.

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