U.S. Army Lt. Col. Cody Grimm, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, gives insight on Arctic Aloha after jumping onto Malemute Drop Zone in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska for Oct. 15, 2024. Whether working in Alaska, the Indo-Pacific or around the globe, the division constantly trains alongside partners from the joint force, increasing interoperability and improving the ability to project combat credible forces across the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army B-Roll by Spc. Brandon Vasquez)
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 battalionā€™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 Armyā€™s 2021 document, Regaining Arctic Dominance.