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Army Cadets Timothy Dudley, left, and Nicholas Calderon get into position to rappel out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the last phase of an air assault course on Fort Benning, Ga., July 23, 2013.

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Army Cadets Timothy Dudley, left, and Nicholas Calderon get into position to rappel out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the last phase of an air assault course on Fort Benning, Ga., July 23, 2013.

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