Army 1st Lt. Wes Hovde, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Army Alaska, a native of East Wenatchee, Wash., runs toward a rally point conducting an airborne operation with USARAK Commanding General Army Maj. Gen. Bryan Owens from CH-47 Chinook helicopters over Malemute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 10, 2015. USARAK is a central component to the Army’s rebalance to the Pacific, providing two fully mission-ready Brigade Combat Teams ready to position unit elements anywhere across the Pac-Rim within 18 hours notice, and is uniquely positioned


Army 1st Lt. Wes Hovde, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Army Alaska, a native of East Wenatchee, Wash., runs toward a rally point conducting an airborne operation with USARAK Commanding General Army Maj. Gen. Bryan Owens from CH-47 Chinook helicopters over Malemute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 10, 2015. USARAK is a central component to the Army’s rebalance to the Pacific, providing two fully mission-ready Brigade Combat Teams ready to position unit elements anywhere across the Pac-Rim within 18 hours notice, and is uniquely positioned within nine-hours flight time from 90 percent of the world’s most highly-populated regions. ( Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)


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