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Paratroopers learn to operate an AN/PRC-117G wideband tactical radio, which they will use during an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 10, 2012. The radio allows advanced networking on the battlefield.

Paratroopers learn to operate an AN/PRC-117G wideband tactical radio, which they will use during an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 10, 2012. The radio allows advanced networking on the battlefield.

Paratroopers learn to operate an AN/PRC-117G wideband tactical radio, which they will use during an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 10, 2012. The radio allows advanced networking on the battlefield.

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