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Paratroopers of the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division parachute over the Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on April 17, 2013. Nearly 60 soldiers jumped from the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.

Paratroopers parachute over the Malemute Drop Zone

Paratroopers of the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division parachute over the Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on April 17, 2013. Nearly 60 soldiers jumped from the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.

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