Engineers of 425th BSTB clear trees at FOB Sparta
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Pvt. Zachary Price, left, a native of Mont Belvieu, Texas, holds up a roll of detonating cord before a demolitions exercise. Soldiers assigned to A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, rigged trees with C-4 plastic explosive during a training exercise at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, March 21, 2013. The exercise allowed the Soldiers to train with demolitions and taking down trees to block enemy advance on roadways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)