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Army Staff Sgts. Joshua Rolfes, left, and Anthony Vasquez, right, pull a sling load recovery after a fast rope insertion-extraction system dropped them off from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the final day of the 30th annual Best Ranger Competition on Fort Benning, Ga., April 14, 2013. Rolfes and Vasquez are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.

Army Staff Sgts. Joshua Rolfes, left, and Anthony Vasquez, right, pull a sling load recovery after a fast rope insertion-extraction system dropped them off from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the final day of the 30th annual Best Ranger Competition on Fort Benning, Ga., April 14, 2013. Rolfes and Vasquez are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.

Army Staff Sgts. Joshua Rolfes, left, and Anthony Vasquez, right, pull a sling load recovery after a fast rope insertion-extraction system dropped them off from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the final day of the 30th annual Best Ranger Competition on Fort Benning, Ga., April 14, 2013. Rolfes and Vasquez are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.

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