Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
Soldiers assigned to A Company 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion run detonating cord back to the detonation point after rigging trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed the soldiers to train with demolitions and taking down trees to block enemy advance on......
Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
Pfc. Jordan Parish, a native of San Juan Bautista, Calif., tapes a C-4 charge to a tree during a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed the soldiers to train......
Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
Pfc. Jordan Parish, a native of San Juan Bautista, Calif., waits for the order to rig a tree with a C-4 charge during a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed......
Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
First Lt. Duane Ruch, a native of Perryville, Mo., checks his cells phone before giving the order to rig trees with C-4 during a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise......
Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
Pfc. Jake Royce, a native of Warsaw, N.Y., stands in line with fellow soldiers for accountability before a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed the soldiers......
Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
Pfc. Kyle Aperocho, a native of Pittsburg, Calif., runs toward the explosives shed before a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed the soldiers to train with......
Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
Pfc. Andy Joseph, a native of Miami, Fla., wraps a C-4 charge with tape before a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed the soldiers to train with demolitions......
Photo by Justin Connaher | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 03.21.2013
Pfc. Keith Gorham, a native of Buxton, Maine, left, holds a charge of C-4 as Pfc. Zachary Villarreal, a native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., wraps it with tape before a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base......
