Mount McKinley rises above the Alaska Range near Talkeetna,
Summary
Mount McKinley rises above the Alaska Range near Talkeetna, Alaska, May 20. A team of eight soldiers and one Department of the Army civilian from Fort Wainwright were transported by CH-47 Chinook helicopter to the National Park Service base camp on Kahiltna Glacier where they began their attempt to climb North America's tallest peak. The team members are representatives of U.S. Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center and the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. (Army photo/John Pennell)
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alaska
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mckinley
national park service
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fort wainwright
northern warfare training center
aviation task force
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1 25th sbct
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john pennell
united states army alaska
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arctic landscape
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Date
20/05/2013
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