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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher Leavitt, a tactical air control party specialist with Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, takes a moment to rest and replenish while conducting a cross country ski movement 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 burned up to 5000 calories a day while conducting a long-distance, overland ski movement that included pulling individual pulk sleds by incorporating cross country skiing and skijoring. Leavitt is from Redmond, Ore. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)