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Paratroopers practice assembling into a stack to clear a building at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 13, 2012. Each paratrooper is assigned to watch for threats from a different direction. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

ROOM CLEARING

Paratroopers practice assembling into a stack to clear a building at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 13, 2012. Each paratrooper is assigned to watch for threats from a different direction. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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