U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 11th Airborne Division conduct winter operations since their activation on June 6th, 2022,. The Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. McConnville "I expect every soldier of this Division to be masters of their craft, of Arctic Warfare," further defining the mission set of the Arctic Angels. To not only operate in extreme cold weather and mountainous terrain, but to build and demonstrate mastery of it.
Ready Battalion Soldiers of the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion bade farewell to Command Sgt. Maj. Max J. JeanPhilippe and welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. Arturo A. Romero Jr. as the battalionā€™s new senior noncommissioned officer during a change of responsibility ceremony Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Now in their second winter of testing, the Arctic Angels of the 11th are continuing to push the limits of the prototype Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection System to give the Army informed feedback on what a new cold-weather clothing system needs to be able to do to survive in the Arctic. A mission that was laid out in the Armyā€™s 2021 document, Regaining Arctic Dominance.
