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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Bullard and German Army Staff Sgt. Kay Erdmann watch 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers descend to Sicily Drop Zone during Operation Federal Eagle, a U.S.-German training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 5, 2010. During three days of jumping led by German jumpmasters, hundreds of U.S. paratroopers earned German parachute wings. Bullard and Erdmann are jumpmasters; Bullard is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

SICILY DROP ZONE

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Bullard and German Army Staff Sgt. Kay Erdmann watch 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers descend to Sicily Drop Zone during Operation Federal Eagle, a U.S.-German training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 5, 2010. During three days of jumping led by German jumpmasters, hundreds of U.S. paratroopers earned German parachute wings. Bullard and Erdmann are jumpmasters; Bullard is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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