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Army paratroopers participate in a combat equipment jump demonstration on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., March 4, 2015. The paratroopers are assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute team, the Black Daggers, based at Fort Bragg, N.C. They were conducting preseason demonstration training.

Army paratroopers participate in a combat equipment jump demonstration on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., March 4, 2015. The paratroopers are assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute team, the Black Daggers, based at Fort Bragg, N.C. They were conducting preseason demonstration training.

Army paratroopers participate in a combat equipment jump demonstration on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., March 4, 2015. The paratroopers are assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command parachute team, the Black Daggers, based at Fort Bragg, N.C. They were conducting preseason demonstration training.

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