11th Airborne Division Activation Ceremony
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jenna Forrester, a unit public affairs representative for the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, and Staff Sgt. Ian Morales, Public Affairs non-commissioned officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd BCT, 11th Airborne Division, document the reflagging ceremony of the 11th Airborne Division, June 6, 2022, at Pershing Parade Field, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The activation returns the historic 11th Airborne Division to an active Army role, with a focus on operations in extreme cold weather and mountainous high-altitude environments. The ceremonies at Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson reflagged the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, into the 1st and 2nd brigade combat teams, 11th Airborne Division, respectively. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Patrick Sullivan)