Spc. Wenderson Jangada, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), trains mortar section leader Sgt. Justin Albers to box at Forward Operating Base Ubaydi, Iraq, Dec. 5. A former Brazilian heavyweight champion boxer who became a citizen just prior to deploying with the 82nd Airborne, Jangada plans to return to the professional boxing circuit when his enlistment expires in 2010. ( 34-year-old Paratrooper, New Citizen, to Reprise Role As Boxing Champ 229634

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