• F-22 crew chiefs play NASCAR with hot pit refuels

    Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmy Johnson and Danica Patrick are some of the most recognizable names in the world of NASCAR - even among the most casual sports fans. Drivers are front and center after a win, and deservedly so. The critical work the pit crew performs, however, is sometimes lost

  • On Firebirds' wings: JBER sends humanitarian aid to Nepal

    Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson sent the installation's first round of humanitarian support to the people of Nepal affected by a recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the form of a C-17 Globemaster III and support personnel May 1.The aircraft, from the 517th Airlift Squadron, carried a K Loader and a

  • JBER personnel at Exercise Balikatan help construct schools

    Philippine, U.S., and Australian forces joined barangay, meaning village in Filipino, communities including San Rafael, Santa Lourdes, and Sabang to turn over brand new school buildings to elementary and high schools during exercise Balikatan 2015 April 28 and 29.This year marks the 31st iteration

  • Engineer units furl guidons, inactivate

    The 23d Engineer Company (Airborne), alongside Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 532nd Engineer Battalion, inactivated during a May 1, 2015 ceremony at the Alaska Army National Guard Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.Commanders and first sergeants cased guidons, capping storied

  • Military policeman lives to serve others

    The desire to lead and help others has always come naturally to Sgt. Caleb Morrison, traffic collision investigator with the 545th Military Police Detachment on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.As a prior construction worker, Morrison maintained a seasonal work schedule, but needed a more stable job

  • Command Sergeant Major targets education

    The Soldier takes aim and aligns his iron sights with his target. All distractions are blurred as he examines his goal with the intensity of an individual determined to succeed. The crack of gunfire penetrates the empty firing range. He's rewarded with the thump of another hit. The next target is 50

  • Taking a breath after more than 50 years of service

    An alarm buzzes early in the morning, and a retired Air Force noncommissioned officer reaches over and turns it off; it is the beginning of one of his last days as an instructor for AFJROTC.After retiring from the Air Force in early 1990, retired Chief Master Sgt. Morris Pickel accepted a job to

  • Training in a combat zone

    Air Force Master Sgt. Lee Pentimone, like many of the military and civilian personnel assigned to the various forward operating bases in Afghanistan, kept his M9 Beretta strapped to his side and his armor within reach. The Taliban attacked randomly - sometimes during the day, sometimes at night -

  • JBER gathers at aviation event

    Planes, planes and, well, more planes.An F-22 Raptor and a C-17 Globemaster from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson join more than 200 other aircraft as part of this year's Great Alaska Aviation Gathering May 2-3 at the Ted Stevens International Airport."It's a great opportunity for us to kind of show