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A convoy of Stryker vehicles get ready for a mission after refueling on Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The Stryker unit made the nearly 400-mile trip from Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks, Alaska, to support a nine-day field training exercise for their sister brigade, the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

A convoy of Stryker vehicles get ready for a mission after refueling on Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The Stryker unit made the nearly 400-mile trip from Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks, Alaska, to support a nine-day field training exercise for their sister brigade, the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

A convoy of Stryker vehicles get ready for a mission after refueling on Forward Operating Base Sparta on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The Stryker unit made the nearly 400-mile trip from Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks, Alaska, to support a nine-day field training exercise for their sister brigade, the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

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