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U.S. Army National Guard soldiers push a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy as they prepare to return home to the United States following a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan on April 20, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the Rochester, N.Y. National Guard Detachment 1, Company B, 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation (Heavy Lift).

National Guard soldiers push a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy

U.S. Army National Guard soldiers push a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy as they prepare to return home to the United States following a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan on April 20, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the Rochester, N.Y. National Guard Detachment 1, Company B, 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation (Heavy Lift).

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