Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.08.2015
Lt. Col. Thomas M. Hough, commander of U.S. Army Alaska's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, talks to Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, at Yukon Training Area near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2015. Hough and his Soldiers gave Allyn demonstrations of uniforms, equipment, tactics, techniques and procedures unique to Alaska. As the......
Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.08.2015
Staff Sgt. Robert W. Pelkey Jr., an infantryman with U.S. Army Alaska's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team gives a tour of how Soldiers operate in the cold to the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, at Yukon Training Area near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2015. Pelkey and his Soldiers gave Allyn demonstrations of uniforms,......
Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.08.2015
Staff Sgt. Robert W. Pelkey, Jr., an infantryman with U.S. Army Alaska's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team shows the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, Arctic environment uniforms and camouflage at Yukon Training Area near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2015. Pelkey and his Soldiers demonstrated equipment, tactics, techniques and......
Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.08.2015
Soldiers of U.S. Army Alaska’s 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team demonstrate the use of the ahkio sled to the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, at Yukon Training Area near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2015. Ahkio sleds are unique to Alaska units and allow a squad of Soldiers to transport all of the food, fuel and equipment......
Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.08.2015
Staff Sgt. Robert W. Pelkey, Jr., an infantryman with U.S. Army Alaska's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team escorts the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, at Yukon Training Area near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2015. Pelkey and his Soldiers gave Allyn demonstrations of uniforms, equipment, tactics, techniques and procedures......
Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.08.2015
The 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, visits the Arctic Tough Leaders of U.S. Army Alaska's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Yukon Training Area near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2015. Stryker Brigade Soldiers transported Allyn to the gunnery range. As the Army’s northernmost BCT, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team Soldiers......
Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.04.2015
U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers with Bravo Company, 3-21 Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade scan the Arctic tundra outside Deadhorse, Alaska, during Operation Arctic Pegasus, Nov. 4, 2015. Arctic Pegasus is U.S. Army Alaska's annual joint exercise designed to test rapid-deployment and readiness in the Arctic. The exercise marks the first time Strykers have deployed above the Arctic Circle. 1st......
Photo by Capt. Richard Packer | United States Army Alaska | 11.04.2015
U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers with Bravo Company, 3-21 Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade scan the Arctic tundra outside Deadhorse, Alaska, during Operation Arctic Pegasus, Nov. 4, 2015. Arctic Pegasus is U.S. Army Alaska's annual joint exercise designed to test rapid-deployment and readiness in the Arctic. The exercise marks the first time Strykers have deployed above the Arctic Circle. 1st......