Story by Maj. Jason Welch | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 05.20.2021
May 18, 2001, two infantry officers graduated Ranger School. Nearly twenty years later, they reunited and reflected on the path that led them to become Army chaplains serving in the same Alaskan airborne brigade. Capt. (Chaplain) David Dyrenforth is the battalion chaplain for 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne). Maj. (Chaplain) John McDougall is the brigade chaplain for 4th......
Story by Maj. Jason Welch | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 02.24.2021
Paratroopers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” began a six month-long study on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, using wearable technology to study the resiliency of soldiers operating in an Arctic environment, Jan. 11, 2020....
Story by Maj. Jason Welch | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 02.08.2021
Feb. 8, 2021, Paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” executed a joint forcible entry operation into Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, to begin Exercise Arctic Warrior 21. Spartan Paratroopers conducted an airborne operation into the Donnelly Training Area, conducted a joint forcible entry operation to seize an airfield, and......
Story by Staff Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 02.01.2021
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska -- Paratroopers with 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” took first place during a three-gun competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Jan., 26 to 28, 2021....
Story by Maj. Jason Welch | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 01.06.2021
Jan. 6, 2021, senior leaders with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” received their initial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Spartan medics and physicians distributed the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to key leaders and critical personnel after receiving their own initial dose two days prior. They will continue to systematically vaccinate......
Story by Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 11.12.2020
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska – Two paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” received the U.S. Army’s Safety Guardian Award here November 12, 2020. Staff Sgt. Joseph Kellogg and Sgt. Cody Grant provided life-saving actions to a 12-year-old victim of an All-Terrain Vehicle accident....
Courtesy Story | 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs | 09.14.2020
Spartan Paratroopers flew across the Aleutian island chain; jumped into central Alaska; conducted an airfield seizure exercise...
Story by Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin | 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs | 07.20.2020
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- The "Spartan Brigade," 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, currently assigned to 1st Calvary Division Forward, a part of the U.S. Army Europe’s Regionally Aligned Forces mission, Atlantic Resolve, hosted it’s change of command ceremony where Col. Scott O’Neal relinquished command to Col. Terry R. Tillis on July 20 at Tower Barracks Parade......