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U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Kristie Brady prepares for an airborne jump with the Joint Communications Support Element, an airborne communications unit headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Brady, who serves as a jumpmaster within JCSE, was recently selected as the first female command sergeant major of another airborne communications unit -- the 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C. Joint Communications Support Element photo by Rick Maupin

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Kristie Brady prepares for an airborne jump with the Joint Communications Support Element, an airborne communications unit headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Brady, who serves as a jumpmaster within JCSE, was recently selected as the first female command sergeant major of another airborne communications unit -- the 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C. Joint Communications Support Element photo by Rick Maupin

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Kristie Brady prepares for an airborne jump with the Joint Communications Support Element, an airborne communications unit headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Brady, who serves as a jumpmaster within JCSE, was recently selected as the first female command sergeant major of another airborne communications unit -- the 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C. Joint Communications Support Element photo by Rick Maupin

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