Staff Sgt. Robert W. Pelkey Jr., an infantryman with

Staff Sgt. Robert W. Pelkey Jr., an infantryman with U.S. Army Alaska's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team gives a tour of how Soldiers operate in the cold to the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, at Yukon Training Area near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2015. Pelkey and his Soldiers gave Allyn demonstrations of uniforms, equipment, tactics, techniques and procedures unique to Alaska. As the Army’s northernmost BCT, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team Soldiers are the U.S. Army’s experts in extreme cold weather and high altitude ground operations. (Photo by Capt. Richard Packer, U.S. Army Alaska Public Affairs)