Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Army Pathfinder qualification at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 12, 2019. The U.S. Army Pathfinder School provided the Alaska Soldiers a three week course in which the students navigated dismounted, established and operated a day/night helicopter landing zone, a day/night Air Force Computed Air Release Point drop zone, Army drop zones, conducted sling load operations, and provided air traffic control as well as navigational assistance to rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Army aviators with 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, provided air support for the training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)