• SEALs learn from Northern Warfare Training Center

    A west-coast based SEAL team continued their training during NORTHERN EDGE 2009 with the help from the Northern Warfare Training Center here June 17. The SEAL team learned and practiced several river crossing techniques to prepare them for overseas contingency operations. "The training that we are

  • Weather forecasters look to the skies during Northern Edge

    Northern Edge 2009, the largest military training exercise in Alaska is underway. The pilots and support personnel involved in the air-centric exercise have many tasks to accomplish but one consistent obstacle, the weather, can always affect the mission. Leading the charge to stay one step ahead of

  • Navy SEALS, TF-49 pilots conduct joint training during NE 09

    Thirteen operators from a west-coast based SEAL team performed final checks on their equipment as a one-minute warning bell rang shrilly throughout the hull of the CH-47D "Chinook." After descending steeply, the helicopter's back ramp dropped, and the SEAL team sprinted from the Chinook with their

  • Mechanic keeps the fighter planes flying

    More than 230 aircraft from all four military service are in Alaska flying in support of joint military training exercise Northern Edge. Flying hundreds of hours requires a lot of work from the pilots as well as many support personnel who make sure the aircraft fly safely. Mechanics from the joint

  • Exercise Northern Edge 2009 kicks into high gear

    Exercise Northern Edge 2009 officially kicked off June 15 at numerous locations throughout Alaska, the land of the midnight sun. Participants from all branches of the military are training together in order to hone their tactics, techniques and procedures associated with defensive counter-air,