Arctic Edge 14
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1 Stevedore Seaman Apprentice Leroi Ellison, from San Antonio, Texas, prepares a shipping container for transport from USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303) to USAV Malvern Hill (LCU-2025), during the 2014 Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore disaster response exercise, near the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, April 3, 2014. The JLOTS exercise coincides with the 50th anniversary of the magnitude 9.2 Good Friday Earthquake that struck Alaska March 27, 1964 and Alaska Shield 14 is designed to test the ability of local, state and federal response agencies to respond to the same disaster using modern equipment and techniques. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Walter Talens)