U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan G. Peterson commander for 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, and Norwegian Army Lt. Col. Bjørn Andreassen commander for 2nd Battalion, Brigade Nord talk Arctic Shock in Malselv, Norway March 20 2024. Arctic Shock began with an over-the-pole flight from Alaska to Norway, and `is an opportunity for the 11th Airborne Division to demonstrate its ability to project power globally, expand cooperation with Arctic allies, enhance those strategic relationships, and build readiness by rapidly deploying soldiers to conduct cold-weather field training with the Norwegian Army.
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 battalion’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 Army’s 2021 document, Regaining Arctic Dominance.
