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Paratroopers jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over drop zone Sicily during a joint operational exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 10, 2011. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division.

Paratroopers jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over drop zone Sicily during a joint operational exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 10, 2011. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division.

Paratroopers jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over drop zone Sicily during a joint operational exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 10, 2011. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division.

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