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Army Warrant Officer Greg Suchanek drags his parachute toward a rally point during Leapfest 2016, an international parachut training event, in West Kingston, R.I., Aug. 4, 2016. Suchanek is a paratrooper assigned to Special Operations Detachment (NATO). The Rhode Island Army National Guard's 56th Troop Command hosted the event to promote high-level technical training and esprit de corps within the international airborne community. Army photo by Sgt. Brady Pritchett

Parachute Chore

Army Warrant Officer Greg Suchanek drags his parachute toward a rally point during Leapfest 2016, an international parachut training event, in West Kingston, R.I., Aug. 4, 2016. Suchanek is a paratrooper assigned to Special Operations Detachment (NATO). The Rhode Island Army National Guard's 56th Troop Command hosted the event to promote high-level technical training and esprit de corps within the international airborne community. Army photo by Sgt. Brady Pritchett

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