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    "Timber!" Paratroopers cut down trees with explosives [Image 27 of 30]

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    "Timber!" Paratroopers cut down trees with explosives

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

    03.21.2013

    Photo by Justin Connaher 

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson   

    First Lt. Duane Ruch, a native of Perryville, Mo., checks his cells phone before giving the order to rig trees with C-4 during a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed the soldiers to train with demolitions and taking down trees to block enemy advance on roadways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)

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    Date Taken: 03.21.2013
    Date Posted: 03.26.2013 16:03
    Photo ID: 894833
    VIRIN: 130321-F-LX370-788
    Resolution: 4256x2832
    Size: 6.14 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US
    Hometown: PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI, US

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