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A soldier rappels down the face of a cliff on Smugglers’ Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., Feb. 18, 2016. The soldier, assigned to the Vermont National Guard, was participating in an event for basic and advanced mountain warfare students of the Mountain Warfare School. Vermont National Guard photo by Army Staff Sgt. Nathan Rivard

Smugglers' Notch

A soldier rappels down the face of a cliff on Smugglers’ Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., Feb. 18, 2016. The soldier, assigned to the Vermont National Guard, was participating in an event for basic and advanced mountain warfare students of the Mountain Warfare School. Vermont National Guard photo by Army Staff Sgt. Nathan Rivard

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