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U.S. Army paratroopers carrying combat equipment walk out to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft before a parachute drop during a joint forcible entry exercise on Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 14, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division.

PARATROOPER WALK

U.S. Army paratroopers carrying combat equipment walk out to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft before a parachute drop during a joint forcible entry exercise on Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 14, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division.

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