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Front cover: An MH-6 Little Bird piloted by members of the 160th SOAR maneuvers overhead during an International Special Operations Forces capacities exercise, May 25, 2016. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images); A U.S. Army Ranger, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, during Task Force training on Fort Hunter Liggett, California, January 30, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Specialist Steven Hitchcock/Released)
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