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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Leavitt, left, and Staff Sgt. Benjamin Leavitt, both tactical air control party specialists with Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, set up a field stove while camping along the Denali Highway, Alaska, during Operation Agipen 2, Jan. 28, 2023. Agipen 2 was an unsupported, sustained cold-weather operation designed to validate equipment and previous arctic training in austere conditions. During the multi-day training exercise the 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen conducted a long-distance, overland ski movement that included pulling individual pulk sleds by incorporating cross country skiing and skijoring. Chris Leavitt and Benj Leavitt are from Redmond, Ore., and Yelm, Wash., respectively. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)