Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily NewsStaff Sgt. Otis Lee watches from the grounds as other Army paratroopers come down onto the Malemute Drop Zone. Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (Airborne) conducted a mass tactical training exercise at the Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. About 550 paratroopers jumped from C-17 aircraft during the exercise, designed to simulate a rapid reaction into a hostile zone. Two 105mm howitzers and an 81mm mortar were also dropped. The Army calls Operation Spartan Reach the largest and most comprehensive airborne operation in the brigade s history. Lt. Col. Chris Ward says two paratroopers were injured in the exercise and were treated on the ground by medics. One was transported from the drop zone by helicopter. He said an investigation is ongoing to figure out the cause of the injuries. We train up for these sort of missions all the time, he said. What happened today was not typical,
the Jags' opponent this Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, but it does happen. John Pennell, chief of media relations for the US Army Alaska, said the injuries to the transported soldier are not life threatening. MARC LESTER Anchorage Daily News
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Of Alutiiq descent, Ellis grew up in Cordova. Though five months pregnant, Ellis summoned the fortitude to wake at 6:30 a.m. and drive from Indian to an 8 a.m. interview Monday morning. Born in Bethel, Michael is of Inupiat and Yup��ik descent. He was adopted as a toddler to an Eagle River family,
" said Burks. "It just seems like a real successful year, and began carving in high school. Michael has had the good fortune of learning from world-renowned carvers like Kathleen Carlo-Kendall, the Athabascan carver, and the Inupiat artist Joe Senungetuk. He is also a good friend with Hoover��s daughter, Anna.
Matthew Weiner, the "Mad Men" creator," will premiere "You Are Here," a story about two longtime best friends played by Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakis. For many filmmakers like Weiner,
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