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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...

Camp Humphreys DMZ Dustoff
July 1, 2022 — CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea – When a call requesting an immediate medical evacuation is made, Soldiers of Charlie Company, 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, known as DMZ DUSTOFF on Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea, are prepared for flight within 15 minutes of contact... MORE

Sgt. Jake Mellott, a Critical Care Flight Paramedic (68WF2) from Charlie Company, 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, poses for a portrait photo in front of an HH-60M MEDEVAC Helicopter, September 1, 2022, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. Mellott is a part of the DMZ DUSTOFF working across the ROK conducting emergency medical evacuations and scenario training throughout the peninsula. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Oscar Toscano)

U.S. Army, Singapore Armed Forces conduct culminating training exercise for Exercise Tiger Balm 2022
June 16, 2022 — SINGAPORE — Soldiers of the U.S. Army and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) participate in the culminating field training exercise (FTX) for Exercise Tiger Balm 2022 here, June 15, 2022. Tiger Balm is a U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) sponsored bilateral training event with SAF as part of the USARPAC Theater Security Cooperation Program (TSCP) conducted during the annual Operation PATHWAYS... MORE

SINGAPORE - U.S. Army Infantry Soldiers from the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington participate in a Field Training Exercise (FTX) during Exercise Tiger Balm 2022 here, June 15, 2022. The Annual Tiger Balm Exercise showcases and shares several different training events and activities, including the Field Training Exercise (FTX). (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Midori Preecs/Released)

Why 11th Airborne Division?
May 16, 2022 — Recently, the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. Army Alaska is being redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division “Angels,” to the accompaniment of significant media attention and much social media hubbub. And while both senior leaders and rank-and-file Soldiers seem to welcome the change, it begs the question; why the 11th Airborne Division? According to the Chief of Staff of the Army, it starts with identity... MORE

The official insignia for the 11th Airborne Division. The Army will re-designate U.S. Army Alaska and two Alaska-based brigade combat teams this summer as the 11th Airborne Division Headquarters and the 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams, 11th Airborne Division. This re-designation is an outgrowth of the Army’s January 2021 Arctic Strategy and sets us on the path towards a force that is more appropriately manned, trained, and equipped for the Arctic environment.

Fort Shafter Soldiers participate in Marara 22
May 15, 2022 — HAUHINE, French Polynesia — Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters and Charlie Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Fort Shafter, Hawaii participated in Marara 22 from May 7 – 20, 2022. As part of the U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Army Indo-Pacific Command’s commitment to its partners and Allies, Marara 22 is a multinational training exercise which enhances combined interoperability between the U.S. military and France’s Combined Joint Task Force Headquarters in French Polynesia. The training advances partners’ abilities to address complex and future contingencies throughout the Indo-Pacific. This is the first iteration of Exercise Marara 22 at the multinational level, which included 13 countries... MORE

U.S. and French soldiers take a break after establishing tactical control points in Huahine, French Polynesia during Marara 22. Marara 22 reinforces multinational partnerships by building readiness and interoperability for future contingencies throughout the Indo-Pacific. Through training, skill-sharing, and cultural exchanges, partnerships and allies share common interests in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific through bilateral military-military engagements. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Shelia L. Cooper, 8th Theater Sustainment Command)

Theater Army employs APS Afloat for first time in Indo-Pacific
May 10, 2022 — U.S. Army Pacific employed Army Prepositioned Stock 3, also known as APS Afloat, for the first time during recent exercises in the Philippines. Two units from the U.S. Army Sustainment Command planned, oversaw and executed the successful download, inventory, issue and upload of an equipment set used by 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division during bilateral exercises in the Indo-Pacific Theater Salaknib 22 and Balikatan 22... MORE

The last piece of equipment from Army Prepositioned Stock Afloas is driven off the U.S. Naval Ship Red Cloud. The downloaded equipment will be issued to Soldiers in participating in Salaknib 22. The employment of Army Prepositioned Stocks afloat builds the Army’s strategic readiness capabilities and demonstrates its ability to rapidly project power in the Indo-Pacific Theater during competition as well as during crisis and conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Katie Nelson, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade)