These images help to illustrate the pride, professionalism, and pure power of the U.S. Army.
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West Point graduating class of May 25, 2013 celebrating their new status as commissioned 2nd lieutenants. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team’s artillery unit prep equipment for transport by UH-60 Blackhawk. (Photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
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525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade perform riot control exercises at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. (Photo by Spc. Bryan Rankin)
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1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment M1A2SEP Abrams tank holds position during training exercise at Fort Stewart, Ga. (Photo by Sgt. Richard Wrigley)
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Combat engineers from the 1st Platoon, 43rd Engineer Company, 3rd Squadron-3rd Cavalry Regiment take cover behind a blast shield near the tunnel complex at Fort Hood, Texas. (Photo by Pfc. Erik Warren)
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These are paratroopers from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment completing an Arctic operation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Photo by John Pennell)
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Soldiers of the 1st Section, Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment blast illumination rounds at Forward Operating Base Hadrian, Afghanistan. (Photo by Capt. Jesse Platz)
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UH-60L Black Hawks and CH-47F Chinooks take off together for their afternoon mission from Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Photo by Sgt. Scott Tant)
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Members of the 1st Battalion 501st Infantry Regiment secure perimeter while near Combat Outpost Sabari, Afghanistan. (Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)
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U.S. Army M3A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle live firing during sundown military exercise in Fort Irwin, California. (Photo U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Aracelli Alarcon)
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Members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team 25th Infantry Division engage in military exercise code named “Bronco Rumble” in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. (Photo by Sgt. Brian Erickson)
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Soldiers from the 11th Cavalry Regiment partake in two day, 38 mile march from Fort Irwin, California to Barstow’s Veteran’s Home. (Photo by U.S. Army)