• 3rd ASOS jumps Geronimo

    The 3rd ASOS completed the helicopter jump on Geronimo Drop Zone, maximizing total-force training to demonstrate short-notice mission readiness in an arctic environment.

  • 1-501st Scout Platoon holds reconnaissance and mobility training

    U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the Scout Platoon, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, hold reconnaissance training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2022. The training

  • 611 ACOMS conduct cyber defense activities in remote Arctic location

    Stepping off a U.S. Air Force C-12 Huron and into freezing air, four members of the 611th Air Communications Squadron made their way to one of the most remote radar sites in the country, located 350 miles above the Arctic Circle and just outside the village of Utqiagvik.

  • Emergency Management Airmen hold radiological response training

    773d Civil Engineer Squadron Emergency Management technicians recently held training designed to simulate a plane collision involving a nuclear warhead, testing the Airmen's ability to respond to and contain a radiological incident in an Arctic environment.

  • 1/40 CAV conducts live-fire maneuver training

    Cavalry scouts assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct live-fire maneuver training on the Light Infantry Collective Training Course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska,

  • 517th Airlift Squadron prepares for training sortie

    The 517th Airlift Squadron prepares to launch a training sortie at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 2, 2021. The 517th AS regularly performs training sorties to maintain mission readiness in an arctic environment.

  • Alaska National Guardsmen support Arctic Ocean Ice Exercise

    Alaska National Guardsmen support ICEX. To most people – even Alaskans who are accustomed to the cold – the North Pole might as well be the surface of the moon in terms of its remoteness and hostility to the prospects of human survival.