What is the optempo like for Fort Wainwright and JBER?

SSG Jon Hill - LOL. I'm pretty sure I hit every club in Anchorage but have little recollection of their names - just one popular joint had sawdust floors. NWTC was a blast (went to the summer course) and I highly recommend it. Mountain climbing, river ops and glacier climbing. I still have the patch that was never authorized for wear - it likely would have gone the way of Jungle Expert anyway. The northern lights are by far the most incredible thing you'll ever see up there - other than the ANGRY GIANT bull moose that chased me. Thank God for big trees! Had two bear cubs in our hootch one morning because my partner failed to follow trash protocol and stored his in our hootch. They were very little but I knew momma had to be close - thank God they all ran off. I learned more about severe cold weather than I thought possible - most cold casualties were from troops coming from the lower 48 for Brim Frost. On my first airborne jump up there it was -85 below with the wind chill. What a place.

Yes, I recall it is blue and white, about 2" x 2" with mountains on it. There's a latin inscription, something like "We conquer great mountains." If I can find it I'll attach a picture. It was authorized for wear by the cadre only on their wool shirts - the Army declined to approve it for wear on class A's (or anything else for that matter).

Ssg Hill The Pines is long gone. It is now a medical place and Starbucks. That was definitely a fun place to go and dance