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Paratroopers jump from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Malamute Drop Zone during Operation Spartan Reach on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 4, 2013. The paratroopers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 3rd Battalion, Airborne, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

GLOBEMASTER JUMP

Paratroopers jump from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Malamute Drop Zone during Operation Spartan Reach on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 4, 2013. The paratroopers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 3rd Battalion, Airborne, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.

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