• 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

  • Aircraft with a cold shoulder

    If driving in snow is a hassle, imagine flying. Instead of every turn being a skidding accident waiting to happen, blocky wings couldn't get the right lift and flying straight would be an impossible task.While the roads and parking lots on base have snow plows clearing the way, global ground-support

  • Structural maintenance flight keeps JBER airworthy

    Airman Melissa Weaver, an aircraft structural maintenance apprentice with the Aircraft Structural Maintenance Flight, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, stepped into the small paint room clad from head to toe in a suit one might expect to find in a gas chamber.Once inside, she adjusted the nozzle on her

  • Mongolian NCO attends course with USARAK troops

    Throughout the years, more than four dozen foreign soldiers have attended Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Brevard Noncommissioned Officer Academy. However this year, one graduate is the first of her kind."I am so thankful to the U.S. and Mongolian armies for allowing

  • 525th FS crew chiefs honored at ceremony

    Twenty-three F-22 Raptor crew chiefs from the 525th Maintenance Unit assumed the mantle of Dedicated Crew Chief during a DCC ceremony at the 525th Fighter Squadron headquarters on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Nov. 25.The ceremony recognizes the top F-22 maintainers on the installation, honors for

  • Road rage: winter snow stage

    Trudging through several inches of snow, struggling to find the keys in your pocket with gloves on, then spending 15 minutes turning a block of ice back into a car to get to work every morning ... that's just a taste of what below-freezing weather is like in Alaska.This time of year is not very

  • Light pillars: an optical illusion

    If you have driven around the base during hours of darkness, you may have noticed mysterious lights in the sky.The columns of light apparently beaming directly upwards are only visible during very cold weather."When I first saw them, I didn't know what they were," said Heather Mims, wife of Airman