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Soldiers Battle Cold At Acid Test In Alaska
Soldiers and airmen from the United States and Canada endured minus 50 degree temperatures and a wind chill near minus 95 during ACID TEST III near Ft. Greely Alaska. The six day exercise tested cold weather operations, equipment performance, and troop deployment with units from Ft. Richardson Ft. Wainwright Alaska Canadian Mobile Command and several U.S. commands. Maj. Gen. James F. Hollingsworth directed the exercise with airborne units simulating aggressor forces and airlift and reconnaissance operations shaping future cold climate missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Brackey
United States
Ft. Greely
Alaska
Brackey
Albert Lea
Minn
9Th Infantry
171St Infantry Brigade
Ft. Wainwright
Kenneth Butler
Hayward
Calif
19Th Aviation Battalion
Ft. Richardson
17Th Infantry
17St Infantry Brigade
Hell
Ft.Greely
John A. Coon
Miami
Fla
William ©. Thompson
Washington, D.C
Henry P. Rasnick
Xenia
Ohio
Leon Blanks
Sergeant Blanks
Columbia
D.C
Airborne
172D Infantry Brigade
ANF
Canada
ACSU
Canadian Mobile Command
Alaskan Air Command
U.S. Strike Command
Military Airlift
Command
Air National Guard
Illinois
Nebraska
Texas
James F. Hollingsworth
U.S. Army
Robert G. Ruege
USAF
Army Ma
General Ruege
Alaskan
General Hollingsworth
Arctic Rangers
Battalion
75Th Infantry
Spi
Michael Laley
Tundra
Felireely
172D
Joseph M. Corbeil
Corbeil
Blackfoot
Idaho
11Th Infantry
Pt. Wainwright
Robert J. Bates