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Army Lt. Col. Matt Myer addresses paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests gathered for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Bob Sura, of Deerwood, Minn., and his son Spc. Jonah Harrington prepare Sura to fire an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon on a range as paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests gather for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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A soldier lines up linked belts of 5.56mm ammunition on a range as paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests gathered for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Army 1st Lt. Frances Maldonado, of San Antonio, Texas, unfolds a battalion flag as paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests gather for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Veteran Marcus Fausett of Chugiak, Alaska, talks with paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, as veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests gather for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Tim McCune, left, retired Army 1st Sgt. Lee “Scrounger” Cromwell, retired Army Command Sgt. Major David Turnbull, and Army Command Sgt. Major Joseph Hissong, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, share a moment in the battalion headquarters entryway as veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests gathered for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Retired Army 1st Sgt. Lee “Scrounger” Cromwell, of Pinehurst, NC, left, talks with Army Lt. Col. Matt Myer, the commander of 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, as active-duty paratroopers, veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests gather for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Army Lt. Col. Matt Myer speaks to his paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests during ’Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Army Lt. Col. Matt Myer speaks to his paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, veterans of the unit, dependents, and honored guests during ’Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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Geronimo Week

Published Aug. 19, 2019
By Justin Connaher
JBER Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, veterans of the unit, dependants, and honored guests gather for 'Geronimo Week' festivities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019, celebrating the unit's lineage. The regiment was activated on Nov. 15, 1942, at Camp Toccoa, Ga., served with distinction in World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, as well as the Global War on Terror and continues to uphold the high standards expected of an airborne unit in peacetime duties and on the field of battle.

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