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Elite Army rangers train in Hawaii as Pacific interest grows

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                                Members of the Army’s elite 2nd Ranger Battalion land at Bellows Beach by boat.
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Members of the Army’s elite 2nd Ranger Battalion land at Bellows Beach by boat.

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                                The Army Rangers spent two weeks on Oahu to train for Pacific operations after decades of intense Mideast deployments. Above, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion boarded a Black Hawk helicopter Tuesday at a Marine Corps training area at Bellows Beach before making their way to the Army’s jungle warfare school in Wahiawa.
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The Army Rangers spent two weeks on Oahu to train for Pacific operations after decades of intense Mideast deployments. Above, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion boarded a Black Hawk helicopter Tuesday at a Marine Corps training area at Bellows Beach before making their way to the Army’s jungle warfare school in Wahiawa.

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                                An Army Ranger directs fellow soldiers as they enter the jungle after arriving by helicopter at the Army’s Lightning Academy in Wahiawa.
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An Army Ranger directs fellow soldiers as they enter the jungle after arriving by helicopter at the Army’s Lightning Academy in Wahiawa.

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Members of the Army’s elite 2nd Ranger Battalion land at Bellows Beach by boat.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                The Army Rangers spent two weeks on Oahu to train for Pacific operations after decades of intense Mideast deployments. Above, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion boarded a Black Hawk helicopter Tuesday at a Marine Corps training area at Bellows Beach before making their way to the Army’s jungle warfare school in Wahiawa.
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                An Army Ranger directs fellow soldiers as they enter the jungle after arriving by helicopter at the Army’s Lightning Academy in Wahiawa.