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Army paratroopers participate in a stress shoot exercise in which soldiers complete push-ups, along with other strenuous exercises, before firing their M4 carbines at pop-up targets during the Bandit Blitz team competition on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1, 2011.

Army paratroopers participate in a stress shoot exercise in which soldiers complete push-ups, along with other strenuous exercises, before firing their M4 carbines at pop-up targets during the Bandit Blitz team competition on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1, 2011.

Army paratroopers participate in a stress shoot exercise in which soldiers complete push-ups, along with other strenuous exercises, before firing their M4 carbines at pop-up targets during the Bandit Blitz team competition on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1, 2011.

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