• JBER hospital provides free child care

    (Editor's note: This program is now called ASYMCA Children's Waiting Room)When doctor appointments pop up, many parents might worry about where to leave their children. Teddy's Child Watch is a free service provided by the Armed Services YMCA of Alaska that offers a safe place for children to stay

  • Joint Commission names JBER hospital top peformer in 2 areas

    In late November, the Joint Commission officially recognized the 673d Medical Group with its "Gold Seal of Approval" as a top performer amongst more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals in the Surgical Care and Venous Thromboembolism categories."This recognition by the Joint Commission is for the efforts of

  • Canadian officer in deputy position at USARAK

    D-Day. The English Channel. M4 Sherman tanks of Canada's 1st Hussars Tank Regiment - enshrouded in inflatable flotation screens and motivated by duplex-drive propellers - sputtered toward the Juno Beach shoreline, fighting the pitching channel waters as much as they would soon grapple with the

  • Airmen create works of art with metals technology

    Off Japan's east coast, The Continental Plate and the Pacific Ocean Plate meet to form the Japan Trench.On March 11, 2011, the downward pressure from the Continental Plate on the Pacific plate suddenly released, causing it to surge more than 200 feet upward, triggering a magnitude 8.9 earthquake -

  • Ice safety story: "Who do I call when I slip and fall?"

    Water can change physical state depending on its surrounding temperature. Gas, liquid and solid; these are the three physical states water can occupy. Of these states, solid water has proven to be one of the most destructive and befuddling for military members at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this

  • Alaskan NORAD Region prepares to track Santa for 60th year

    The list has been made and checked twice...no, we're not talking about Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and his list of who's been naughty or nice.It's the dedicated men and women of Alaskan NORAD Region that have made the vital preparations necessary to help keep Santa safe on his journey around the world

  • Slideshow: Alaska Toys for Tots 2015

    MCGRATH, Alaska -- U.S. Marines assigned to Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, deliver toys to children living in remote villages of Alaska as part of the Toys for Tots program, Dec. 10. After traveling to a remote hub of villages via aircraft provided by the 144th Airlift Squadron,

  • Transitioning Soldiers learn skills through Toastmasters

    Stress, worry, anxiety.These are symptoms associated with retiring or separating from the military, but the transition to the civilian workforce doesn't have to be an overwhelming ordeal. For service members who are separating, the Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program on Joint Base

  • Operation Homefront brings Christmas joy to kids

    The Service Member and Family Assistance Center hosted the third annual Operation Homefront holiday toy distribution event at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Dec. 4.More than 400 people were on hand at the event which saw hundreds of brand new toys given out to the children of military families who