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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Rakkasan),101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) salute during the opening ceremony of Southern Vanguard 22 at the 5th Light Infantry Battalion in Lorena, Brazil, December 6, 2021. Southern Vanguard 22 was planned as a 10-day air assault operation and was the largest deployment of a U.S. Army unit to train with Brazilian Army forces in Brazil. (Photo: U.S Army Private First Class Joshua Taeckens)

Brazilian Army soldiers assigned to 5th Light Infantry Battalion stand in formation during the opening ceremony of Southern Vanguard 22 in Lorena, Brazil, December 6, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Army Private First Class Joshua Taeckens)

Major General William Thigpen, U.S. Army South commanding general, greets a Brazilian Army soldier during the opening ceremony of Southern Vanguard 22 at the 5th Light Infantry Battalion in Lorena, Brazil, December 6, 2021. (Photo: U.S Army Private First Class Joshua Taeckens)

Brazilian Army General Tomás Miguel Miné Ribeiro Paiva, Southeast Military Command chief, speaks during the opening ceremony of Southern Vanguard 22 at the 5th Light Infantry Battalion in Lorena, Brazil, December 6, 2021. (Photo: U.S Army Private First Class Joshua Taeckens)

U.S. Army soldiers from 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Brazilian Army soldiers from 5th Light Infantry Battalion run in Lorena, Brazil, December 2, 2021. U.S. and Brazilian army soldiers took part in Exercise Southern Vanguard 22. (Photo: US Army Private First Class Joshua Taeckens)

U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) take instruction from a Brazilian Army pilot during Southern Vanguard 22 in Lorena, Brazil, December 3, 2021. (Photo: U.S Army Private First Class Joshua Taeckens)

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