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U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Cowdrey prepares a mock casualty in a rescue sled to be hoisted hundreds of feet into an UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on Feb. 15, 2007. Cowdrey is a flight medic from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.

U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Cowdrey prepares a mock casualty.

U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Cowdrey prepares a mock casualty in a rescue sled to be hoisted hundreds of feet into an UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on Feb. 15, 2007. Cowdrey is a flight medic from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.

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