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Army Lt. Col. Mark Dotson, center, oversees a team event wherein participants have to load and move an inoperable Humvee during a Prop Blast on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 3, 2012. Dotson is the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Lt. Col. Mark Dotson, center, oversees a team event wherein participants have to load and move an inoperable Humvee during a Prop Blast on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 3, 2012. Dotson is the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Lt. Col. Mark Dotson, center, oversees a team event wherein participants have to load and move an inoperable Humvee during a Prop Blast on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 3, 2012. Dotson is the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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