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U.S. soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment parachute to the ground as an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft makes its descent during a joint forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2008.

U.S. soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment parachute to the ground as an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft makes its descent during a joint forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2008.

U.S. soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment parachute to the ground as an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft makes its descent during a joint forcible entry exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2008.

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