SPARTAN SET UP Soldiers work to set up their 105 mm howitzer following an airdrop onto Malamute Drop Zone during Operation Spartan Reach on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 5, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. The three-day exercise, which simulates rapid deployment into a hostile area, is the largest of its kind since the unit's activation in 2005. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.07 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 994572-G-ACO78-169.jpg Photo Gallery