• Spartan paratroopers hone urban fighting skills

    Soldiers stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, completed a series of training scenarios this summer at Donnelly Training Area.The Soldiers performed many different tasks including live-fire exercises and airborne insertions,

  • Alaska offers unique training environment

    Exercise Northern Edge offers a unique training opportunity for members of all branches of the military - active duty, Reserve and Guard - on land, in the air and out to sea."There is no other place that provides what Alaska provides just through its sheer magnitude and size," said Maj. Gen. Thomas

  • Military aviators break service barriers

    Naval pilots begin training at Pensacola, Fla., and then branch off for individual service training. For two weeks every two years, many of them once again join forces for Exercise Northern Edge.During the exercise, Naval and Air Force pilots fly several hours each day over the skies and waters of

  • AWACs keep an eye out during Northern Edge

    To the average eye, the screen is a confusing jumble of lines, symbols and numbers. To Air Force Capt. Jon Quinlan, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, it's a "God's eye" view of the battlefield.Captain Quinlan, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan, is an air surveillance officer onboard an E-3

  • Annual games pit first responders against each other

    On June 18, Alaskans celebrated 52 years of statehood, and service members celebrated with the 3rd annual Hero Games.The games are a friendly competition between the local police, military, the local fire department and first responders.The Hero Games started in the summer of 2008 after the National

  • Support team makes Marine unit self-sufficient at Northern Edge 11

    Support at all levels of operations are present during the Pacific Command joint exercise Northern Edge 11 -- including servicemembers who construct, maintain and tear-down operating locations used during training.Those who make this happen at a communications site here are the motor transportation

  • Soldiers, Marines join forces to communicate at Kodiak

    Communicating from land to sea and air plays a vital role during joint operations in the U.S. military. Soldiers and Marines have made this communication possible in Kodiak, Alaska, for Exercise Northern Edge 11.Signaliers attached to Charlie Company, 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, joined

  • Marines keep an eye on the sky in Alaska

    Marine Air Control Squadron One, from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., recently ventured to Alaska for the first time to participate in the U.S. Pacific Command exercise Northern Edge '11. The Marines, who normally train at their home station, plan to take advantage of the unique training