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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shaun Meadows shares a laugh with his son after a parachute jump from a C-17 Globemaster III, June 14, 2010, to prepare for a change of command ceremony on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Meadows, assigned to the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron on the base, became the first active-duty double amputee to successfully participate in a personnel drop.

JUMPER JOY

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shaun Meadows shares a laugh with his son after a parachute jump from a C-17 Globemaster III, June 14, 2010, to prepare for a change of command ceremony on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Meadows, assigned to the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron on the base, became the first active-duty double amputee to successfully participate in a personnel drop.

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