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Tamiok Strike Closing Ceremony

Alaska-based Explosive Ordnance Disposal team ea...

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Apr. 21, 2025

FORT WALKER, Va. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal techs from the Fort Wainwright, Alaska-based 65th...

“The Shot Heard Around the World”

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Apr. 19, 2025

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii. – The State of Hawaii held an opening ceremony for the Hawaii 250th Commemoration, on...

Arctic Angels Equipped with Newest Extreme Cold Weather Gear
March 3, 2023 — The Army has delivered on its promise to begin providing our Arctic Warriors with state-of-the-art cold weather clothing that excels in the most extreme of cold weather environments. Project Manager Soldier Survivability began fielding the Cold Temperature and Artic Protection Systems, or CTAPS, to the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright and Anchorage on February 13, 2023... MORE

U.S. Army Soldiers with 70 Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division conduct an extreme cold weather foot movement during a human factors evaluation on the Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection System (CTAPS) in Ft. Greely, AK Jan. 9-14 2023.

Cobra Gold 23: Opening Ceremony
February 28, 2023 — RAYONG PROVINCE, Thailand – The opening ceremony for the 42nd iteration of Exercise Cobra Gold took place in Rayong province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2023... MORE

Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

11th Airborne Division Hosts Annual Arctic Angels Winter Games
February 21, 2023 — on Feb. 2, 2023, 31 two-person teams from across the 11th Airborne Division competed in the annual Arctic Angels Winter Games, near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The games, designed as a test of Arctic skills, saw Soldiers snowshoe, downhill and cross-country ski approximately eight miles of mountainous terrain, covering 2000 feet in elevation... MORE

Sgt. Joshua Martinez, Baker Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, receives an award for coming in first place in the Annual Arctic Angels Winter Games on Feb. 2,

US Army Soldier and Grandmother reunite in the Philippines
February 10, 2023 — Sgt. 1st Class Christian Araza and his grandmother were reunited after seven years in the city of Olongapo near Subic Bay, the Philippines, Jan. 27, 2023... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Christian Christian Araza and his grandmother,Julie Flores sit together during a visit in the early 2000s. Araza and Flores were able to see each other for the first time in seven years during Araza’s six-month rotation to the Philippines as part of 5th SFAB’s Force Package 23-1.

The Papua Campaign
February 8, 2023 — 80 years ago, on 22 January 1943, American and Australian forces ended their first major campaign of WWII in the Pacific. It was also their first success after suffering a string of losses throughout the Pacific, as the Japanese quickly occupied Allied strongholds such as Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies... MORE

Soldiers carrying rations along a trail in Papua, near Buna, 24 December 1942. Innovative solutions to supply problems enabled the Allies to sustain their fighting force in combat. The lessons learned in these most challenging circumstances were used to advantage throughout the war.