• Trailblazers return from Afghanistan

    The 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returned home this week with elements of the 23rd Sapper Company after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.The 17th CSSB Headquarters, consisting of 62 personnel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were deployed under the Central Command Materiel

  • Spartans vie for best rigger laurels

    Parachute riggers from the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, competed in the Best Rigger Competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Nov. 12 to 14.The winners will represent U.S. Army Alaska in the upcoming Rigger

  • A healthy diet plus exercise can curb your diabetes risk

    November is diabetes awareness month.With this time of year ushering in a season of sugary goodness and perhaps not-so-healthy diets, health professionals on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson are encouraging people to make smart decisions.According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 30

  • JBER honors community veterans

    Flags were plentiful. A large American flag took up most of one wall in between a Humvee and a fire truck in the two-story room; as people entered the building, many wore the symbol of American freedom on their shirts and hats. The symbol has another meaning - remembering those who salute it.The

  • Soldiers of 8th FST come home

    Family and fellow Soldiers gathered at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska to welcome eight members of the 8th Forward Surgical Team, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division home from deployment Nov. 4."I don't know what

  • JBER teen wins AF Read Week essay contest

    "I am so enthralled in the story, that when I next look up, my clock reads 3:11. I've been reading so much that I have forgotten to eat lunch," wrote Mackenzie Reitz in her 2014 Teen Read Week award winning essay."I quickly run upstairs, grab an apple and a glass of water, and run back to my room. I

  • Buckner pool closed for annual maintenance

    The Buckner Physical Fitness Center swimming pool and hot tub have closed for routine maintenance."We're down for annual maintenance to repaint, clean, fix tile work, [the 773d Civil Engineer Squadron is] going to do some plumbing to improve the chemical systems," said Mike Higby, Buckner Fitness

  • Youth learn life skills, like helping others, at TRYC

    Every day, the temperature drops just a little bit more and the sun sets just a little bit sooner.With this in mind, Kandis Kile, a child and youth programming associate homework teacher at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Two Rivers Youth Center, is showing youth fun and creative ways to fill