A Army paratrooper assigned to Army Alaska’s Able Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, with a vehicle-mounted TOW (tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided) anti-tank missile launcher provides overwatch security of a key intersection during a Joint Readiness Training Center Operations Group scenario at Fort Polk, La., Feb. 24, 2016. As part of 4-25th BCT’s rotation during JRTC 16-04, USARAK has validated the Airborne Task Force in their ability to perform forced entry operations and follow-on missions. They


A Army paratrooper assigned to Army Alaska’s Able Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, with a vehicle-mounted TOW (tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided) anti-tank missile launcher provides overwatch security of a key intersection during a Joint Readiness Training Center Operations Group scenario at Fort Polk, La., Feb. 24, 2016. As part of 4-25th BCT’s rotation during JRTC 16-04, USARAK has validated the Airborne Task Force in their ability to perform forced entry operations and follow-on missions. They are the Pacific’s only airborne unit that regularly trains with Pacific partners. (Photo by Capt. Richard Packer, Army Alaska Public Affairs)


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Keywords: airborne, jrtc, paratrooper