• Music Man: Commander rekindles old passion for bassoon music

    Creativity can be found in even the most regimented of environments. In the world of music, a musician must first learn the complexities of the language before being able to speak with fluent passion. The same can be said of flying helicopters for the Air Force.How is it these two different concepts

  • JBER command and control units consolidate

    Two Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson units merged recently to increase efficiency, reduce manpower redundancies and improve the installation's ability to meet command and control requirements.The 673d Air Base Wing Command Post and 732nd Air Mobility Control Center officially combined for initial

  • Thousands across the state gear up for Alaska Shield 2014

    In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 9.2-magnitude Great Alaska Earthquake, the State of Alaska will host Alaska Shield 2014 from March 27 to April 3. Federal, state and local authorities will join together to test interagency response in a natural disaster scenario. Northern

  • Air Force defeats Army 5-4 in JBER’s first inter-service hockey game

    Jacques Lamoureux scored a late goal to lift the Air Force to victory in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's first Army vs. Air Force hockey game March 15.A capacity crowd, hosted by the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, filled the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus to

  • JBER stands ready for Alaska Shield

    The 673d Air Base Wing and mission partners are combining resources to support exercise Alaska Shield 2014. The exercise is in commemoration of the 1964 earthquake in Alaska, and designed to practice readiness in the event of a future major natural disaster."The scenario is an earthquake that will

  • 50th Anniversary of Great Alaska Earthquake brings agencies together

    Tired and sore from a hard day's work, a crew of construction workers packed their things and headed home for the weekend a bit earlier than usual. Twenty minutes later, the walls of their work site in downtown Anchorage began to rumble and shake. In less than five minutes, what would have been a

  • No-records counseling can improve life skills

    A wife who just had a baby has to quit her job and needs someone to talk to.A husband is diagnosed with an illness and is trying to live a normal life, but is having a hard time coping.A child is having problems at school after one of his parents deploys while he was asleep and didn't have time to