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An Army paratrooper pulls security as another paratrooper uses a field radio to keep in touch with other elements of his unit during a joint operational access exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 27, 2011. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The three-day exercise began with a mass tactical parachute drop of vehicles and paratroopers.

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An Army paratrooper pulls security as another paratrooper uses a field radio to keep in touch with other elements of his unit during a joint operational access exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 27, 2011. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The three-day exercise began with a mass tactical parachute drop of vehicles and paratroopers.

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