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Army Sgt. 1st Class William Baker yells instructions to paratroopers before they jump out of a MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a rotary-wing airborne exercise on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., April 16, 2013. Baker, a jumpmaster, is assigned to Special Operations Command South.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class William Baker yells instructions to paratroopers before they jump out of a MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a rotary-wing airborne exercise on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., April 16, 2013. Baker, a jumpmaster, is assigned to Special Operations Command South.

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