• Alaska is home to many potential threats; be prepared for them

    They are there when you need them. The personnel of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Emergency Management office work hard planning for, mitigating and responding to emergencies that may result in death, injury, destruction of property, or disruption in operations. "The primary mission of the Air

  • Swinging for the fences

    "I was most scared walking up to the cage. I didn't know how the fight went until I saw the video. I was controlled by instinct and muscle memory alone."Senior Airman Zack Throckmorton, an F-22 Raptor weapon systems loader with the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit,

  • 3rd ASOS Airmen remember their fallen with a 24-hour run

    Each year, members of the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron's Tactical Control Party organize and participate in a 24-hour run challenge to honor the 10 fallen TACP family who were killed in combat and training operations in the last 20 years.The 24-hour run challenge is a worldwide competition to

  • 477th Fighter Group welcomes new commander

    Col. David Piffarerio became the 477th Fighter Group commander during a change of command ceremony here on JBER, Mar. 20.Piffarerio accepted the reins of leadership from Col. Tyler Otten who will move on to be the Mobilization Assistant to the 11th Air Force Commander here at Joint Base

  • Students learn disappearing acts upon other tricks

    A magician pulled out a deck of cards and asked an audience member to shuffle the deck, choose a card and shuffle again.During the performance, the audience member wanted to shuffle the deck himself, thinking the magician would cheat.What the magician didn't know was his assistant from the audience

  • Cold feet can't stop Reservist singing Iditarod National Anthem

    Like all major American sporting events, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race doesn't commence until the last notes of the Star Spangled Banner ring out, and since the Air Force Reserve is sponsoring this year's race, it's only fitting that a Citizen Airman would sing those notes.Tech. Sgt. Heidi Venable,

  • Military aids Homer out of a "Rock and a Hard Place"

    Alaskan Command and U.S. Army Alaska, along with other federal and state entities, participated in Exercise Rock and a Hard Place in Homer, Alaska, March 19 through 22.Exercise Rock and a Hard Place was a scenario where state and federal resources responded to assist the community of Homer and the

  • Can you handle the distance?

    Red faces, burning legs, sweat--soaked towels and loud energetic music fill the atmosphere during one of the most challenging fitness classes offered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's fitness centers.Service members and family members looking to get in shape without the impact of running have the

  • Whether chronic or growing, JBER clinic solves ... The Puzzle of Pain

    It was supposed to be a routine steroid injection, but before she could depress the plunger, the electrocardiogram (or EKG) flatlined, telling Air Force Maj. Nichelle Renk her patient no longer had a heartbeat.Unable to flip the patient over - standard procedure to mitigate an asystolic vasovagal