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Army Spc. Phillip Walker, center, briefs soldiers before they conduct a resupply mission to one of the brigade’s infantry companies during force-on-force operations at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Jan. 22, 2012. Walker is a a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The paratroopers are part of a forward support company that serves a battalion of light infantry.

Army Spc. Phillip Walker, center, briefs soldiers before they conduct a resupply mission to one of the brigade’s infantry companies during force-on-force operations at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Jan. 22, 2012. Walker is a a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The paratroopers are part of a forward support company that serves a battalion of light infantry.

Army Spc. Phillip Walker, center, briefs soldiers before they conduct a resupply mission to one of the brigade’s infantry companies during force-on-force operations at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Jan. 22, 2012. Walker is a a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The paratroopers are part of a forward support company that serves a battalion of light infantry.

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