• Getting a rock-solid grip with the ORC

    Sometimes life may have you between a rock and a hard place. When climbing, that hard place is the ground. The only thing stopping anyone from reaching the top is oneself ... or the end of the rope, whichever breaks first.The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Outdoor Recreation Center offers outdoor

  • Securing Airspace, JBER supports PRSC tenant unit

    All around Alaska, and out into the Pacific, little white domes dot the mountainside, coastlines, and islands-- the only tangible evidence of America's invisible armor.The domes are operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by a small crew of mostly contracted civilian Airmen.They drive up

  • Brothers serve together in Alaska

    When polled with the question, "Who or what do you fight for?" many Soldiers may have a variation of the words "family, honor, country ... my brother or sister next to me in the trenches" somewhere in their answer. The brotherhood spirit pervasive throughout the Army is sometimes literal. For

  • 'Tent City' celebrates Anchorage's 100th anniversary

    In July 1915, official documents were signed creating Anchorage, which remained very small and without a military presence.That changed in June of 1940, when Nazi Germany conquered France, which prompted the expedience of several military construction projects around Alaska, including building Fort

  • Sports seasons' approach means it's time for dental safety

    In any contact sport, there can be a fall, collision or bad impact, and bracing oneself might not save those pearly whites.Wearing a mouth guard lowers the risk of permanent damage."Mouth guards are useful because they disperse the force equally, causing less damage to one area alone," said Tech.

  • Making the leap

    More than 400 service members, veterans and their spouses participated in the first Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Transition Summit July 22 and 23 at the Dena'ina Center in downtown Anchorage.Local chambers of commerce, JBER organizations, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring Our

  • Black Rapids site offers unique opportunities

    From the snow-kissed mountains to the icy rumblings of melting glaciers, Marines from 2nd Platoon, Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st ReconnaissanceBattalion, Camp Pendleton, California, along with instructors from U.S. Army Alaska's Northern Warfare Training Center conducted military alpine

  • The sun is out, and so are the bears

    Summer is in full swing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and with it come some unique challenges the JBER community should bear in mind.A wide variety of wildlife calls JBER home and, depending on the season, risks of an encounter can vary.During the summer, bears are considerably more active,

  • Pedaling for the peak with Outdoor Recreation

    Sometimes you have to grab life by the handlebars and pedal to the peak. Some people need training wheels to start and others only need to be guided down the right trail.The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Outdoor Recreation Center offers guided mountain-biking trips to both Kincaid Park and