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Soldiers of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division jump from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III over Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., on Aug. 9, 2001. Three hundred soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., participated in the training jump.

Soldiers of the Army's 82nd Airborne jump from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.

Soldiers of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division jump from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III over Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., on Aug. 9, 2001. Three hundred soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., participated in the training jump.

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