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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops off Army soldiers to practice squad-level tactics during Operation Checkerboard on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 10, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters Company, 99th Regional Support Command. The tactics include moving as a squad, reacting to contact, establishing a perimeter and conducting a tactical road march

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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops off Army soldiers to practice squad-level tactics during Operation Checkerboard on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 10, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters Company, 99th Regional Support Command. The tactics include moving as a squad, reacting to contact, establishing a perimeter and conducting a tactical road march

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