C-17s took off from Hickam Field to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to pick up paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, to exercise a joint forcible entry into Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.
The U.S. Army’s airborne brigade in the Pacific provides the joint force the capability to rapidly deploy to and seize contested territory. The airborne force supports the United States' commitment to the security and stability in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command region and to safely conduct operations in a COVID-19 environment. More