• Arctic Wolves arrive at JBER

    Soldiers assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division “Arctic Wolves,” unload M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles from a railhead on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 25, 2017. The Arctic Wolves came to JBER from Fort Wainwright to participate in a training

  • 525th Fighter Squadron returns home

    525th Fighter Squadron and 3rd Maintenance Group personnel returned from a deployment to Qatar Friday, April 21.More than 100 friends and family crowded into the squadron hangar bearing signs and gifts after seven months of not seeing their loved ones“I’m over the moon right now,” said Jessica

  • Federal Worker Bike Challenge

    The 5th Annual Federal Worker Bike Challenge hits the ground rolling May 1 to 31, and is open for all Department of Defense members to take part in.

  • New changes coming in the Aurora Military Housing

    The Air Force revised its utility allowance policy last May, and Aurora Military Housing will start implementing the change in July. This policy is being applied to all base housing across the Air Force installations. The AMH and the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron Housing Office will be hosting two

  • Facing fears and the future

    The 17-year-old girl screamed in terror as she stared at the ground 34 feet below her. Behind her, a Soldier assisting her with her exit encouraged her to jump. Braced over the opening, her lack of retreat showed a desire to push herself, but despite seeing student after student safely leap off the

  • Just four seconds

    Smallridge woke up in the backseat of his truck, dazed and very confused. As he made his way out of the vehicle, he saw a police officer speeding up the other side of the bridge and another vehicle wrapped around a tree. Assuming the other vehicle had been the cause of the incident, Smallridge began

  • Airmen, Soldiers conduct training mission

    Airmen and Soldiers participate in a training mission at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 18, 2017. The training involved an air refueling mission, a cargo drop and a night jump for paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army

  • Arctic Warrior Chiefs' Group Choice Award winner of the Month - April 2017

    Name: SSgt Matthew Snyder Unit: 703 AMXS/517 AMU Job Description: Consolidated Tool Section Custodian Time in service: 7 years Previous Assignments: Charleston AFB 2010-2013 Accomplishments: - Stellar QA record/most heavily insp’d section--MXG's 1Q17 QA Qtrly Excellence/2x Outstanding Performer -

  • JBER, Calling 911

    No one ever wants to have to call 9-1-1, but the reality is more than 240 million calls for assistance are made each year in the United States, according to the National Emergency Number Associations (NENA) website, and an estimated 700 of those calls were made here on JBER. Even though every

  • Prepare for this year’s riding season

    The motorcycle riding season has begun now that base road conditions are green. Before hitting the road on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with shiny new bikes, riders must be authorized.