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A U.S. paratrooper conducts airborne operations from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules over Hopfenohe Drop Zone at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 25, 2013. The paratroopers are assigned to Special Operations Command Africa.

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A U.S. paratrooper conducts airborne operations from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules over Hopfenohe Drop Zone at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 25, 2013. The paratroopers are assigned to Special Operations Command Africa.

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