Alaska Guard, Army Reserve interoperability aids arctic mobilization proficiency
Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 49th Personnel Detachment (Theater Gateway) scan in exercise participants arriving for 11th Airborne Division’s Joint Pacific Multi-National Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 using Tactical Personnel Systems to track accountability at the Joint Mobility Complex on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 12, 2023. The 49th TG partnered with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 3301st Mobilization Support Battalion to support the 11th Airborne Division’s Joint Pacific Multi-National Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 exercise reception center, track incoming personnel, and keep accountability of the participants and their equipment. JPMRC 23-02 AK is designed to facilitate unit readiness in the region and allows commanders to train their forces in unique environments and conditions where they are most likely to deploy in the event of crisis or conflict. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)