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Army Spc. Michael Pelkey, left, briefs Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, right, on the dual row airdrop system at the heavy drop rig site on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 30, 2013. Pelkey is a rigger assigned to the 11th Quartermaster Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.

SYSTEM BRIEFING

Army Spc. Michael Pelkey, left, briefs Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, right, on the dual row airdrop system at the heavy drop rig site on Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 30, 2013. Pelkey is a rigger assigned to the 11th Quartermaster Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.

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