A Soldier with B Company, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division based out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, watches as a claw operator for the Buffalo mine-protected clearance vehicle (MPCV) digs for command wires around an improvised explosive device on Jan. 31, 2015. The 6th BEB is one of many units from across the military to collaborate with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Arctic Wolves” on their pre-deployment validation mission at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Corey Confer, 1st SBCT Public Affairs)