Paratroopers with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Advise and Assist, land on a drop zone near Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Feb. 12, as part of a training exercise they hope will lead to combined – Iraqi training jumps. The jumper rolling on his back is performing a "parachute landing fall," a maneuver that dissipates the energy of impact, avoiding injury to the paratrooper. Paratroopers prep for combined training /-news/2009/12/14/31811-us-iraqi-partnership-halts-smuggling-across-syrian-

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