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Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, right, commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps, talks with Defense Secretary Ash Carter as they fly over the Sicily drop zone during an airborne operation on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015.

Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, right, commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps, talks with Defense Secretary Ash Carter as they fly over the Sicily drop zone during an airborne operation on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015.

Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, right, commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps, talks with Defense Secretary Ash Carter as they fly over the Sicily drop zone during an airborne operation on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 10, 2015.

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