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U.S. Army Spc. Douglas Mcneel, with 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, gathers his parachute after jumping from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft over Fort Bragg, N.C., on Sept. 12, 2010.

Spc. Douglas Mcneel gathers his parachute.

U.S. Army Spc. Douglas Mcneel, with 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, gathers his parachute after jumping from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft over Fort Bragg, N.C., on Sept. 12, 2010.

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