Paratroopers with Able Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne),

Paratroopers with Able Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division await the arrival of a litter team during Spartan Pegasus on the Buffalo Drop Zone at Fort Greely, Alaska Oct. 23, 2014. Spartan Pegasus is a cold-weather, rapid-entry operation demonstrating U.S. Army Alaska’s unique capacity to provide rapid-response ground forces to the joint forces commander throughout remote, Arctic environments. The iteration of Spartan Pegasus is integrated with Exercise Vigilant Shield 15, which is the annual North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command homeland defense exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brian K. Ragin Jr./Released)