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Paratroopers operating a tactical truck wrecker drive away after pulling several vehicles from soft mud at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 25, 2012. The brigade is participating in a month-long rotation to prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan.

Paratroopers operating a tactical truck wrecker drive away after pulling several vehicles from soft mud at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 25, 2012. The brigade is participating in a month-long rotation to prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan.

Paratroopers operating a tactical truck wrecker drive away after pulling several vehicles from soft mud at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., Jan. 25, 2012. The brigade is participating in a month-long rotation to prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan.

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