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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Ryan, a jumpmaster, inspects the static lines of paratroopers preparing to execute a mass-exit exercise on an apparatus that simulates a C-130 aircraft in the early morning on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 16, 2009, The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Ryan, a jumpmaster, inspects the static lines of paratroopers preparing to execute a mass-exit exercise on an apparatus that simulates a C-130 aircraft in the early morning on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 16, 2009, The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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