U.S. Army female soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division conduct an all-female 10 kilometer Nordic Ski Competition during the 2024 Arctic Angel Winter Games at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, March 19, 2024. Arctic Angel Winter Games is an annual friendly competition to determine the best seven-Soldier team in the division based on Arctic skills and determine the best individuals in six categories of the 10k Nordic Ski competition. (U.S. Army Video by Pfc. Mike Godinez-Martinez)
Ready Battalion Soldiers of the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion bade farewell to Command Sgt. Maj. Max J. JeanPhilippe and welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. Arturo A. Romero Jr. as the battalion’s new senior noncommissioned officer during a change of responsibility ceremony Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Now in their second winter of testing, the Arctic Angels of the 11th are continuing to push the limits of the prototype Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection System to give the Army informed feedback on what a new cold-weather clothing system needs to be able to do to survive in the Arctic. A mission that was laid out in the Army’s 2021 document, Regaining Arctic Dominance.