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A soldier and a foreign service member watch from high in a turquoise-painted tower as a first responder rappels down.

Towering Figures

Army 1st Sgt. Jason Obersinner watches from above as a Mongolian first responder rappels from a tower in Sainshand, Mongolia, Sept. 15, 2019, during Gobi Wolf 2019, a training event that is part of U.S. Army Pacific’s Pacific Resilience series of humanitarian and disaster relief exercises.

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