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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Howell, with the 82nd Airborne Division, travels on a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft to a drop zone for a night static line jump during a joint forcible entry exercise over Fort Bragg, N.C., on April 30, 2009.

Sgt. 1st Class John Howell travels on a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Howell, with the 82nd Airborne Division, travels on a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft to a drop zone for a night static line jump during a joint forcible entry exercise over Fort Bragg, N.C., on April 30, 2009.

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