• Fueling the Fight

    Senior Airman Levi Roark, 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron, fuels distribution journeyman refills an oxygen tank outside the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska flightline, July 22. The tanks are picked up by Aircrew Ground Equipment Airmen when they are empty and then delivered back out to the

  • Finding the Path

    A game master, for role-playing games, controls the world around the players, setting the scene, the challenges and telling the players’ epic tale.

  • JBER hosts Arctic Thunder Special Needs and Family Day

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted an Arctic Thunder Special Needs and Family Day July 29, 2016.“Special Needs and Family Day is a by-invitation-only event designed to accommodate those with a physical, intellectual, or emotional condition, as well as the elderly or anybody who may have

  • JBER hosts Build-A-Boat competition

    Harlie Bodine, 611th Air Operations Center commander, and Annalise Bodine, 9, synchronize their paddle strokes at the build a boat competition at Buckner Physical Fitness Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2016. This was the second Build-A-Boat competition hosted at JBER.

  • JBER youth centers host summer camps

    Charred marshmallows are sandwiched between graham crackers near the glow of a crackling campfire, and the hum of ghost stories being told beneath the moonlight – it’s a summer camping trip.Substitute the glare of the sun for the moonlight, and the overnight camp excursion is not too far removed

  • Be careful where you poke around finding Pokémon

    In the past month, Pokémon Go has swept the nation bringing 90s nostalgia into an augmented-reality smartphone application to virtually ‘Catch ‘em All!” Players everywhere can venture in search of Pokémon, but might run into trouble on the way.

  • Journey to recovery

    Then-Tech. Sgt. Janet Lemmons realized she couldn’t breathe in the hospital room. It was as if there was not enough space for her family’s grief and the air collectively. She had to get out.Lemmons stepped into the elevator that would take her someplace she could breathe, but the cold steel walls

  • Gold Star Wives of America descend on Anchorage for 71st National Convention

    Gold Star Wives of America descended on Anchorage, Alaska for their 71st National Convention July 13 to 17.Gold Star Wives of America, an organization created in 1945 to provide support for spouses and children of those who sacrificed everything in the service of the United States military, hosted