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    FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    05.09.2012

    Photo by Sgt. Ryan Matthew 

    2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

    A German jumpmaster inspects the static line of an American paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during sustained airborne training at Green Ramp on Pope Air Force Base, May 9. This is part of Operation Federal Eagle, an annual event in which German paratroopers and paratroopers from Fort Bragg cross-train on an airborne operation. The paratroopers exited from a C-160 Transall, a German aircraft, to land on Sicily Drop Zone. It is one way that the 2nd BCT and the 82nd ABN DIV work with other military forces to ensure a more efficient partnership with coalition forces when deployed. After the paratroopers landed on the drop zone, a ceremony was held by German jumpmasters to award German jump wings. For many paratroopers in the 2nd BCT this was their first time working with German forces.

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    Date Taken: 05.09.2012
    Date Posted: 05.24.2012 09:18
    Photo ID: 587083
    VIRIN: 120509-A-4164R-287
    Resolution: 3216x2136
    Size: 1.32 MB
    Location: FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, US
    Hometown: LANSING, MICHIGAN, US

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