Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
U.S. Army Capt. Matthew Hickey provides insight about various aircraft used in airborne operations to a group of Alaskan community leaders during “The Paratrooper Experience” community partnership day Nov. 13, 2013, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith/Released)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
U.S. Army Col. Matthew McFarlane, commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, gives a presentation to community leaders from south-central Alaska on the brigade’s ability to provide rapid, forced entry, crisis and contingency response forces in support of U.S. interests across the Pacific region, and the brigade’s connection to the community......
Courtesy Photo | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
U.S. Army Maj. James Lee (foreground), the chaplain for the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, leads Alaskan community leaders and paratroopers with the 4-25 in a moment of silence, remembrance, and prayer in honor of the 74 Spartan paratroopers who lost their lives in defense of the U.S., during the “The Paratrooper Experience” community partnership day......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
The 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division’s, command leadership team Col. Matthew McFarlane (left), and Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Hacker present a certificate to retired Army Col. George Vakalis, now the Municipality of Anchorage’s city manager, at the culmination of “The Paratrooper Experience” community partnership day Nov. 13, 2013, at Joint Base......
Courtesy Photo | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
U.S. Army Pfc. Paris Randle, a parachute rigger with the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, and Bobby Jefts, the principal of Gruening Middle School in Anchorage, Alaska, share a laugh during “The Paratrooper Experience” community partnership day Nov. 13, 2013, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
Alaskan community leaders and paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry division, get a chance to interact with each other during “The Paratrooper Experience” community partnership day Nov. 13, 2013 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The paratroopers displayed tactical Arctic equipment and shared knowledge and techniques for operating in an......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Todd Walker, with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, explains the applications of Army Arctic equipment to Anchorage City Chief of Police Mark Mew during “The Paratrooper Experience” community partnership day Nov. 13, 2013, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith/Released)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.13.2013
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Heimpel, a paratrooper with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, helps attach a reserve parachute to Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District Superintendent Dr. Deena M. Paramo during “The Paratrooper Experience” community partnership day Nov. 13, 2013, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by......
