• Force Support Squadron takes Lemay award

    The 673d Air Base Wing Force Support Squadron earned the Air Force Curtis E. LeMay award for best large-installation-level FSS of the year in the Air Force for 2014.The award recognizes FSS leadership, customer service, support and quality-of-life programs provided to joint military members and

  • JBER observes Holocaust Remembrance Day

    In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, service members reflected on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps during a commemoration ceremony held at the Talkeetna Theater on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson April 24.The U.S. Congress established the Days of

  • 477th AMXS Welcomes new commander

    Maj. Jessica Pisano became the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander during a change of command ceremony here on JBER, April 12.Pisano accepted the reins of leadership from Lt. Col. Timothy Pemberton who will move on to be the deputy chief of maintenance here in the 477th Fighter

  • Troops conduct biannual 'ammo barge' mission

    Twice a year, millions of pounds of explosives and ammunition travel north through Pacific waters in a biannual migration designed to resupply military installations across Alaska."The ammo barge" is the casual term for it; but there is nothing lackadaisical about the attitudes of the service

  • SFC Ron Albert: Officially the safest NCO in USARAK

    Sgt. 1st Class Ron Albert is the 2014 winner of the Director of Army Safety Risk Management Award.A member of U.S. Army Alaska's 2d Engineer Brigade, Albert recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan with his brigade headquarters.That is where he showed his safety mettle as a construction

  • Air Force family adapts through deployments, PCS moves

    There are roughly 1.9 million U.S. military children worldwide who face unique challenges while their parents work to keep the mission going. Some were born into the military; some had to adapt to the life. They all silently live with their parents' decision to serve.The Andres family faces the same

  • JBER Airman named Alaska bodybuilding champion

    Clink, clink, clink.Marble falls to the floor as the sound of hammer on chisel reverberates through an empty room, empty except for the artist, his tools and his masterpiece. He takes a step back to analyze his creation with critical eye. He's been working on this project for years. To the outside

  • 297th BFSB conducts training in Bethel

    Alaska Army National Guardsmen with the 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade conducted their two-week annual training in Bethel and outlying villages last month, concluding April 1.The region's ice-covered tundra and frozen river provided an ideal environment for arctic air and land training

  • Revitalized SAPR training urges Airmen to do their part

    It's not your fault."477th Fighter Group Sexual Assault Response Coordinators Master Sgt. Jessica Mattice and Master Sgt. Bryan Vaughn had the crowd responding during a SAPR training course April 12.April is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness month across the DOD, which embarked on a robust

  • American Sign Language classes now enrolling

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Instructional Youth Programs is now enrolling new students for American Sign Language classes.Whether they are curious to learn a new skill and broaden their horizons, or they have a family member they wish to better communicate with, these classes offer a path for