• GO/FO summit: strengthening partnerships, Arctic understanding

    Imagine a cruise ship sailing through the Northwest Passage heading to the Arctic Ocean and all of sudden it has an emergency. The ship requests help for an evacuation of 245 people. Alaska, the largest state, is mostly isolated, severe and austere. Imagine the amount of logistics, resources and

  • API to receive joint base guidance

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson-specific guidance for the Airmen Powered by Innovation program is scheduled to be released in the coming months.API has been in existence since February 2015 and is an amalgamation of three other programs - Innovative Development through Employee Awareness, Best

  • Alaska veteran finds peace from PTSD in companionship

    When Ken Bylo arrived in Vietnam three days before the Tet Offensive, he had a notion of what he was getting into, but would soon learn ideas are a far stretch from visceral experience."I fell into a hell-hole and got educated real quick," said Bylo, an Army veteran who served in the 2nd Battalion,

  • Muleskinners move out

    As rays of sun shine through the windows of the National Guard Armory, Danicka Gilmore holds her son, looking at her husband with pride as she prepares to say goodbye for nine months."This is our first deployment and I'm definitely nervous," she says.Capt. Cameron Gilmore, support and operations

  • Weekly CBRN Training

    Air Force basic military training introduces the gear and techniques used in case of an attack to save the lives of others and oneself on the home front and abroad. This is not practiced every day, but being prepared is a responsibility everyone shares.Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson requires