• Airmen host DUI-awareness party at JBER Fire Pit

    In an effort to quell a recent uptick in driving-under-the-influence arrests over the holiday weekend, and to boost morale among peers, three Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Airmen hosted a DUI-awareness party at The Fire Pit here June 27.Senior Airmen Daniel Krueger and Shaquona Malone, 673d

  • RVTT readies JBER troops for convoy operations

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson offers extensive training facilities to develop the battle readiness of all branches on the installation, whether through hands-on or computer-based training.One such facility is the Mission Training Complex, which includes digital and virtual training for combat

  • Spartan scout is USARPAC’s ‘Best Warrior’

    The Last Frontier is home to the Army's top noncommissioned officer in the Pacific Theater.Army Staff Sgt. Adam White, a scout team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, was named the best noncommissioned officer after winning the U.S.

  • RAAF, JASDF, National Guard, active duty take part in Red Flag-Alaska

    "Throw another shrimp on the barbie, mate," is a phrase often associated with Australians, or sometimes Americans trying to imitate an Australian accent; and while Hugh Jackman isn't available to participate in Red Flag-Alaska 14-2, perhaps two C-130J Hercules and a contingent of nearly 70 Royal

  • JBER’s Attic offers military, household goods at no cost

    As you enter the nondescript building at the corner of 20th Street and Saville Avenue, you may notice young service members perusing the aisles, picking through shelves and racks of miscellaneous housewares and military items. Welcome to JBER's Attic, a non-profit volunteer-based organization

  • Spartans summit North America’s highest mountain

    Driven by determination and trained in arctic survival, five paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, along with one Soldier from the Army's Northern Warfare Training Center and two Soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard, scaled the highest

  • Teddy’s Child Watch offers free care during appointments

    (Editor's note: This program is now called ASYMCA Children's Waiting Room)A pregnant military wife drives up and pulls into a expectant-mother parking space. Sweat beads on her forehead; she's 15 minutes behind, due to a late babysitter.As she walks up to the check-in desk, apologies roll off her

  • Weapons Airmen keep F-22s in the fight

    June 21 was this year's summer solstice in Anchorage - the longest day of the year when 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. share the same amount of sunlight and potentially a similar number of people cooking on their backyard grill. In contrast, Dec. 21 is the city's traditional winter solstice, when even those