Editing Fort Wainwright (section)

=== Post–Cold War ===
[[File:Howitzer practice (51257089543).jpg|thumb|Soldiers train on the [[M119 howitzer]] in Yukon Training Area in 2021.]]

In 1994, U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) was activated and replaced the 6th Infantry Division, reestablishing the Alaskan Command. The 2004 Army Modernization Plan, created to facilitate deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, created modular brigade combat teams. This configuration transformed the 172nd Infantry Brigade at Fort Richardson into the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 25th Infantry Division (1/25 SBCT) stationed at Fort Wainwright becoming its dominant warfighting unit. The newly transformed 4/25 BCT (Airborne) remained at Fort Richardson. The mission of the 1-25 SBCT (no "/" is used for this unit) was to deploy rapidly 'to a designated contingency area of operation by air and [conduct] operations either as a separate Brigade Combat Team or under the control of a contingency force headquarters." Equipped with wheeled [[Stryker]] armored vehicles, the brigade filled the gap between light forces like the 4/25 BCT (Airborne) and heavy, armored units.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Siedler |first1=William J |title=The Coldest Front: Cold War Military Properties in Alaska Revised and Expanded, U.S. department of Defense: Legacy Resource management Program |orig-date=February 1996 |date=August 2012}}</ref> In June 2022, U.S. Army Alaska reflagged to the 11th Airborne Division subsequently making the former 1-25 and 4-25 1st Infantry Brigade and [[2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division|2nd Infantry Brigade]] of the 11th Airborne Division, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Angels" fly high once again as U.S Army resurrects WWII 11th Airborne Division in Alaska |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/%E2%80%9Cangels%E2%80%9D-fly-high-once-again-as-us-army-resurrects-wwii-11th-airborne-division-in-alaska/ar-AAYhLsr |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Training and recreation areas====
Fort Wainwright manages over 1.6 million acres of training and recreation land. Training areas include Tanana Flats, Yukon, Donnelly, Black Rapids and Gerstle River. Seasonally, these areas can be used by the military and the public for recreation activities by obtaining a Recreation Access Permit. The U.S. Army Recreation Tracking Systems (USARTRAK) has been established to facilitate public access on Fort Wainwright training lands and allows recreational users to check in by phone or online. The USARTRAK website has updated training area map information depicting impact areas and off limit areas. It also shows when and where certain training areas will be temporarily restricted during training exercises.

Fort Wainwright manages specialized outdoor recreation areas in the cantonment area to include Chena Bend Clubhouse and Golf Course, Birch Hill Ski and snowboard Area, Fischer Skeet range and two RV and tent campgrounds. Fort Wainwright also manages the Seward Military Resort located on the Kenai Peninsula.