• Airmen become the voice of dorm residents

    The dormitory council is an organized committee of Airmen who strive to voice any concerns, boost morale, and improve the quality of life for dorm residents.The council solves dormitory issues at the lowest level for effective problem solving. The dormitory representatives hear these concerns and

  • God-given voice

    “I have been given a gift and I’m not about to let it go to waste.”Senior Airman Rebeckah Hastings, 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron transportation journeyman, grew up surrounded by music, with her father being a part of various bands. She would go to most of his concerts and this was the root of

  • STEM Program accelerates youth academics at JBER

    Ten-year-old Trinson Cameron stands atop a pitcher’s mound leaning slightly forward while clutching a foam baseball behind his back. He studies his opponent, 8-year-old Sy Bradley, whose own eyes studiously narrow as he leans over home plate, awaiting the pitch. It looks like an ordinary game of

  • Preparing for the worst through practice: Exercise Arctic Chinook 2016

    More than 1,000 personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaskan Command, Alaska National Guard, state and local agencies, tribal organizations and Royal Canadian Air Force participated in Exercise Arctic Chinook, a joint USCG and U.S. Northern Command-sponsored exercise on the U.S. State Department

  • Celebrating 96 years of progress

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted its annual Women’s Equality Day Observance Aug. 24, celebrating 96 years since the passing of the 19th Amendment which opened up the voting booths to women. Women didn’t achieve equality overnight though; it’s been through persistent use of said voting booths

  • Rise of the internauts

    The World Wide Web celebrated its 25th anniversary Aug. 23, marking a quarter-century of web-based exploration.  Many use the terms Internet and World Wide Web interchangeably, but they are two different concepts. The Internet’s birthday is 1969, and refers to the connection between devices. The

  • 2nd Sqn RAAF and 47th Sqn RAF celebrate centenary

    The 2nd Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force and 47th Squadron, Royal Air Force celebrate each other’s centenary during Red Flag 16-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 19, 2016. They posed in front of an E-7A Wedgetail, one of Australia’s most advanced air battlespace aircraft. Red