Keywords: cold weather; training; alaska; jber; joint base elmendorf-richa coldweathertrainingalaskajberjointbaseelmendorfricha joint base elmendorf-richardson jointbaseelmendorfrichardson alaska usa cold weather; training; alaska; jber; joint base elmendorf-richardson; winter; u.s. army alaska; norcom; northern command; coldweathertrainingalaskajberjointbaseelmendorfrichardsonwinterusarmyalaskanorcomnortherncommand Spc. Kyle Schaffer, a native of Canon City, Colo., assigned to the 98th Support Maintenance Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, watches fellow Soldiers erect ten-man arctic tents while conducting cold weather training in single-digit temperatures at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 29, 2016. Alaska provides USARAK Soldiers with training opportunities on tactics, techniques, and procedures for cold-weather military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher) Spc. Kyle Schaffer, a native of Canon City, Colo., assigned to the 98th Support Maintenance Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, watches fellow Soldiers erect ten-man arctic tents while conducting cold weather training in single-digit temperatures at Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 29, 2016. Alaska provides USARAK Soldiers with training opportunities on tactics, techniques, and procedures for cold-weather military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher) |