Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno watches as a Soldier from 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, demonstrates how to start a fire with dry tinder and no flame. Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Alaska at the Northern Warfare Training Center teach students mountaineering and cold-weather skills to help them be “Arctic Tough” and operate in the Army’s northernmost command. USARAK specializes in partnership and rapid deployment across the Pacific and boasts the Army’s premier high-altitude, extreme-cold-weather capability. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mylinda DuRousseau, 1st SBCT Public Affairs)