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Two soldiers jump from the rear of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into a lake.

Chinook Leap

Soldiers assigned to the 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion jump from a CH-47 Chinook during helocast training at Lake Razelm in Babadag, Romania, July 19, 2023. Helocasting is an insertion method used by combat engineers to execute water-based operations.

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