U.S. Army Alaska will be redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division this summer, and the force will be reintroducing the patch used decades ago, but with an Arctic twist. The original unit ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Wayne Porter, a U.S. Army veteran who was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division before its deactivation in 1958, places an 11th Airborne Div. shoulder sleeve ...

Army soldiers in Alaska were issued new unit patches Monday as the service activated the long-dormant 11th Airborne Division, part of a sweeping reorganization aimed at prioritizing operations in ...

Wayne Porter, an 11th Airborne Division veteran, places the unit's shoulder sleeve insignia on a soldier at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 6, 2022.

Read the original article on Business Insider. The U.S. Army activated the 11th Airborne Division in Alaska this week, reestablishing it as an Arctic-focused unit in what the Pentagon sees as a ...

The U.S. Army is standing up a new airborne division for the first time in more than 50 years. The 11th Airborne Division, the “Arctic Angels,” will reorganize Army troops, based in Alaska ...

Alaska troops ditch Hawaii unit patch, become ... and the Arctic. Putting them under the banner of the 11th Airborne Division invokes the history of the Army’s only airborne unit that fought ...

Two helicopter battalions previously under commands in Washington and Hawaii were reassigned to Alaska's 11th Airborne ... Arctic,” Col. Russ Vanderlugt, the unit ... Arctic Angels’ blue patch ...

The 11th Airborne Division, also known as the “Arctic Angels,” stood up its Arctic Aviation Command at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on Thursday, the Army announced. Advertisement ...

Cpl. Tyler Rumery, left, and Pfc. Manuel Mann, both with the 11th Airborne Division, fire a machine gun shooting blanks during the Arctic Forge military exercise in Sodankylä, Finland, Feb. 27, 2025.

11th Airborne Division Soldiers place their new Arctic Angels patches on their left shoulders during the activation of the 11th AD at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on June 6, 2022 ...

The 11th Airborne Division, also known as the "Arctic Angels," stood up its Arctic Aviation Command at Fort Wainwright, ... That's when the first helicopter unit was assigned to U.S. Army Alaska, ...