Keywords: paratroopers; training; alaska; jber; joint base elmendorf-richardson; u.s. army alaska; norcom; northern command; airborne paratrooperstrainingalaskajberjointbaseelmendorfrichardsonusarmyalaskanorcomnortherncommandairborne outdoor Spc. Wesley Madera-Lopez, a native of Long Beach, Calif., assigned to B Company, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, packs up his parachute after an airborne training jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. The Soldiers of 4/25 IBCT belong to the only American airborne brigade in the Pacific and are trained to execute airborne maneuvers in extreme cold weather/high altitude environments in support of combat, partnership and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher) Spc. Wesley Madera-Lopez, a native of Long Beach, Calif., assigned to B Company, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, packs up his parachute after an airborne training jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. The Soldiers of 4/25 IBCT belong to the only American airborne brigade in the Pacific and are trained to execute airborne maneuvers in extreme cold weather/high altitude environments in support of combat, partnership and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher) |