• Good News Clubs help resiliency, spiritual strength of military families

    Georgene Bandara has always had a passion for God, country and caring for children. She is the coordinator for Good News Clubs at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, an after-school program taking place at some of the elementary schools on base.The clubs include a Bible lesson, songs, Scripture

  • JBER teen named Air Force Military Child of the Year

    "Hey Gage, come downstairs; you're in trouble," Tobias Adam's voice rang out through the family home."Oh, darn," his 17-year-old son, Gage Dabin, thought. "What did I do now?"While bracing himself for the worst, Dabin was instead pleasantly surprised when his parents told him he had won the Air

  • In memory of the fallen: TACPs conduct 24-hour relay

    Members of the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron's Tactical Air Control Party participated in the annual memorial 24-hour Challenge Run from March 27 and 28 at the Alaska Dome in Anchorage.The run, sponsored by the TACP Association, is a memorial to those who have died while serving, he said.It

  • The JOC is the center of it all

    Service members from the Joint Operations Center provide civil service, homeland defense and mission assurance for Joint Task Force Alaska, Alaska Command here on a daily basis as well as in support of Alaska Shield 14.Typically the JOC is run by a five to six person skeleton crew as a part of

  • Have a drink Cordova

    Members of Alaska National Guard's 1/297th Alpha Troop out of Anchorage, Alaska, and Cordova citizens worked together to provide clean water to the community for Alaska Shield 14 here on March 29, 2014."It's important that we have the capability to make water for anything tragic that happens, any

  • Can You Hear Me Alaska Shield?

    The 59th Signal Battalion and Charlie Company, 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson overcomes every obstacle to recover from a simulated blackout caused by the earthquake scenario for Alaska Shield 14 here that started on March 27, 2014."When the earthquake hit and

  • Father and son paratroopers jump together

    They took to the sky together for the last time on the first day of spring. A sun-splashed sky lay ahead as the father and son ascended several thousand feet into the air, taking in the vista of the untouched wilderness and mountainous terrain of Alaska. They could see Mount McKinley to the north as

  • JBER Airman graduates Army NCO Academy’s Warrior Leader Course

    In the Air Force, part of earning the rank of staff sergeant is attending Airman Leadership School, which includes classroom instruction, uniform inspections and practical knowledge on how to lead as a non-commissioned officer. In the Army, before Soldiers become NCOs, they go back to the basics by

  • Medical group sharpens patient evacuation skills during exercise

    In 1964, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake ravaged Southcentral Alaska. Streets and buildings were ripped apart, tsunamis devastated towns and the need for medical services was dire. Fifty years later, the state of Alaska hosted exercise Alaska Shield 2014 from March 27 to April 3. Federal, state and local

  • Buckner Fitness Center hosts annual Dirty Shoe Run

    Military members and their families participated in the Dirty Shoe Run on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 1. The Dirty Shoe Run is a 5K race during the transition from winter to spring when the ice and snow begin to melt. More than 25 military members and their families participated