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Paratroopers lift the reach pendant before slingloading a M777A2 howitzer to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a gun raid and live-fire exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug 12, 2016. Army photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez

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Paratroopers lift the reach pendant before slingloading a M777A2 howitzer to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a gun raid and live-fire exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug 12, 2016. Army photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez

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