Pvt. Chris Redd, a native of Summerdale, Ala., assigned

Pvt. Chris Redd, a native of Summerdale, Ala., assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), U.S. Army Alaska, performs security at a rally point after a heavy equipment drop and parachute assault on Malemute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2014. Four-hundred troopers of the battalion conducted a training combat jump, and heavy equipment drop followed by artillery crew drills. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)