The Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division will host its first large-scale training exercise next week on ranges around Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base.
Tim Ellis, KUAC - FairbanksA group of Army vehicles travel along the Richardson Highway last year en route to the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, where Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska training exercises have been conducted in recent years.
The exercise is called the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska, and this year it’ll be hosted by the 11Airborne Division — not U.S. Army Alaska.
Army officials decided to move the exercises to the Yukon Training Area to determine whether it can accommodate large numbers of troops and equipment, he added. Some 8,000 soldiers and more than 500 military vehicles will take part in the exercise. Pennell says participants in this year’s exercise will include special operations personnel, trainers from the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, and observers and soldiers with allied nations from Canada, Europe and Japan.
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