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    • A 26-foot cargo chute begins to deploy from an airdrop pallet as it sails out the back of a C-23B+ Sherpa cargo plane 200 feet over the southeast drop zone on Fort Sill, Okla. The exercise simulated airdrops that the 168th BSB performs when dropping ammunition; meals, ready-to-eat; water and equipment to Soldiers in remote locations of Afghanistan, or emergency food and water packets to civilians in areas devastated by natural disasters.

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      Pfc. Kevin March kneels atop a cliff overlooking the Arghandab River Valley to provide security for his squad as they climb up the cliff from the valley below in the Arghandab district, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2011. March is assigned to the 4th Infantry Divisions Company C, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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