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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melinda Vorpahk (left), a jumpmaster with the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, assists British paratroopers aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prior to a jump in Fort Dix, N.J., on June 27, 2007. The British soldiers are from the 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment Reserve of Yorkshire, England.

Staff Sgt. Melinda Vorpahk assists British paratroopers aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Melinda Vorpahk (left), a jumpmaster with the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, assists British paratroopers aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prior to a jump in Fort Dix, N.J., on June 27, 2007. The British soldiers are from the 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment Reserve of Yorkshire, England.

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