U.S. Army scouts assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, travel in two Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and two Japanese Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters for an aerial insertion training exercise during North Wind 26 in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 28, 2026. North Wind is a bilateral U.S. Army Japan and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force winter field training exercise in Hokkaido, Japan—running from Jan. 20–Feb. 3—focused on enhan

3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Joint Forcible Entry Exercise and follow-on air land missions with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Stryker Combat Vehicles at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska and Fort Greely, Alaska. Video by Staff Sgt. Daniel Love | Military Videos