• Army beats Air Force in community hockey game

    It was a battle between the air and land services at the fourth annual Army vs. Air Force Hockey Game at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 7, 2017.“We work together so well on a day-to-day basis,” said Air Force Col. George T.M. Dietrich III, 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base

  • What you need to know before recreating on JBER

    People in JBER training areas without a valid recreational access permit are trespassing. Those with a valid permit, but who haven’t signed into iSportsman, are also trespassing.Another persistent and alarming problem is people trespassing with unauthorized vehicles. This is resulting in training

  • Winterfest 2016

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson service members and families participate in Winterfest at the Hillberg Ski Area, Dec. 22, 2016.The event featured face painting, gingerbread house making, pictures with Santa, snow machine riding, dog sled riding, tubing, skiing and snowboarding. (U.S. Air Force photo

  • Fit to Fight Cross-Country Ski Program

    Cross-country skiing was first a tool for survival in snow-covered areas to gather food and firewood. It is the oldest form of skiing, and though it emerged from a need for travel, it soon developed as a sport and appeared in the 1924 Winter Olympic Games.

  • Base leadership serves Christmas meals

    Service members and families enjoy a Christmas meal at the Iditarod Dining Facility at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 25, 2016. JBER leadership served the community in an effort to show their appreciation and to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

  • Growing through grief

    Imagine a wound so deep it gnaws at the senses – days, even months after. Some days the pain can be ignored, but others, you can’t get it off your mind. It wasn’t properly treated, so now it festers. Everyone sees the bandages and assumes it is taken care of, but it has yet to heal.On a Sunday in

  • If you ain't ammo ...

    Munitions Systems specialists are Airmen tasked with handling, storing, transporting, arming and disarming non-nuclear weapons systems. The Munitions Systems career field is commonly referred to as "ammo." Here, ammo active duty and Reserve professionals work side-by side, all day, every day. Though

  • Happy holidays from Wake Island Atoll

    When some people think about celebrating Christmas with their family, some of the usual things that come to mind are cold temperatures, snow, Christmas trees, bundling up to a warm fire with hot cocoa and a blanket, but for four military members and dozens of contractors at Wake Island, Christmas is