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A jumpmaster with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division checks the equipment of a paratrooper before an airborne operation to start the team's most recent joint forcible entry exercise on Sept. 9, 2010.

A jumpmaster checks the equipment of a paratrooper before an airborne operation.

A jumpmaster with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division checks the equipment of a paratrooper before an airborne operation to start the team's most recent joint forcible entry exercise on Sept. 9, 2010.

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