8/17/2012 - Specialist David Collins, 164th Military Police Company, Valley Falls, Kan., celebrates making the winning out in a dodgeball game during the unit organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - Sergeant 1st Class Jeffrey Ransick, 545th Military Police Company, of El Paso, Texas, right, pulls a flag from Private 1st Class Randavius Balom, 40th Quartermaster Company, of Pelham, Ga., in a flag football game during the unit organization festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Dockum, 4th Quartermaster Detachment (Airborne) grins after the 2d Engineer Brigade morning run on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, as steam rises from his head on a cool Alaska morning. Brigade Commander U.S. Army Col. Thomas J. Roth led the brigade during the run as morale-building exercise for his Soldiers, and a kick-off to unit organization festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - Carly Churde, 3, daughter of U.S. Army Sgt. Edward Churde, Forward Support Company 6th Engineer Battalion, of San Antonio, Texas, laughs as she climbs out of a bouncy house during the unit organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Arctic Trailblazer Week culminated with a brigade picnic, food, games, music and awards for individuals, groups and the Best Battalion Cup. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bennett Chandler, 98th Maintenance Company, of Houston, Texas, left, Private 1st Class Willie Craft, 40th Quartermaster Detachment, of New Orleans, La., and U.S. Army Private Chric Munoz, 545th Military Police Company, of Las Vegas, Nev., grill hamburgers during the culmination of organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Arctic Trailblazer Week finished off with a brigade picnic, food, games, music and awards for individuals, groups and the Best Battalion Cup. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - Staff Sgt. Chrystal Downs, 9th Army Band, of Atlanta, Ga., performs during the culmination of organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Arctic Trailblazer Week finished off with a brigade picnic, food, games, music and awards for individuals, groups and the Best Battalion Cup. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant Andrew Baughman, 56th Engineer Company (Vertical), of Artesia, NM, catches expended shotgun shells after they eject from the breach of his gun on a skeet competition range during the unit organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - Ivette Perez, of New York, NY, wife of Sgt 1st Class Victor Perez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 6th Engineer Battalion, of New York, NY, slides down a guide wire after exiting a jump tower used by paratroopers for training during the unit organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant Andrew Baughman, 56th Engineer Company (Vertical), of Artesia, NM, catches expended shotgun shells after they eject from the breach of his gun on a skeet competition range during the unit organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)
8/17/2012 - Ivette Perez, of New York, NY, wife of Sgt 1st Class Victor Perez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 6th Engineer Battalion, of New York, NY, slides down a guide wire after exiting a jump tower used by paratroopers for training during the unit organizational festivities for 2d Engineer Brigade Soldiers and their Families called Arctic Trailblazer Week, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)