Sgt 1st Class Benjamin B. Bowman with 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne, and Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin C. Bowman, 75th Ranger Regiment, stop for a photo Feb. 25, 2019, at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area during training in the Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) at Fort McCoy, Wis. Both Bowmans were students in CWOC Class 19-05 at the installation. They are both the same age, were born in the same state, and more and had never met before the course. During training, they partnered up to complete the course and in the process became friends.

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