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Army Lt. Col. Praxitelis Vamvakias pushes a door bundle from a mock door trainer that simulates the hold of a C-17 Globemaster aircraft before an airborne training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. Vamvakias commands the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Lt. Col. Praxitelis Vamvakias pushes a door bundle from a mock door trainer that simulates the hold of a C-17 Globemaster aircraft before an airborne training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. Vamvakias commands the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Lt. Col. Praxitelis Vamvakias pushes a door bundle from a mock door trainer that simulates the hold of a C-17 Globemaster aircraft before an airborne training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. Vamvakias commands the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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