• USARAK focuses on Ready and Resilient Campaign

    The class The stories seemed to be from horror films rather than war movies. Guts falling off stretchers, maimed bodies and ghastly images of remains frozen in their last moments of life; many screaming in agony, now silent.He recounted all their names.The brief was part of the 725th Brigade Support

  • Spartan riggers ready for success

    "I will be sure always," is the motto of the U.S. Army parachute rigger. Every rigger is Airborne qualified and by tradition required to be ready to jump any parachute, packed by any rigger. Parachute rigging in the Army has been around since the first Airborne unit was established in 1940. In those

  • AtHoc emergency notification system goes live on JBER

    What do you do when you are on base and severe weather is fast approaching or a potentially life-threatening emergency situation is developing? Enter the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson AtHoc Installation Warning System Alerts - a network-centric emergency mass-notification system capable of

  • Otter Lake cabin conflagration brings out the best in JBER Airmen

    Flames spread on the floor and start climbing up the walls. Everyone inside is asleep, unaware of the danger that they are in. A dog barks and scratches the bed in the back room where a pregnant woman and another mother sleep by their children. They wake up to a horrible realization -- the fire has

  • Don’t be SAD during winter months

    As the days get shorter during the cold, harsh winter months, some people develop more than just a simple case of the blues. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that affects a person during the same season each year. If you get depressed in the winter, but feel much better

  • Sentry Flying at Night

    With the onset of winter and the longer periods of darkness that accompany it, the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron has begun preparing for low-light and nighttime operations. The E-3 Sentry fleet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson must be prepared to launch on short notice at any hour of the day

  • Service members past and present share experiences

    Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 3rd Operations Support Squadron braved hazardous road conditions to give thanks to the men and women of the Alaska Veterans and Pioneers' Home on Veterans Day. The facility in Palmer was built in 1971 on the former site of the Alaska State Fairgrounds,

  • Anchorage honors female veterans, history in ceremony

    The Department of Veterans Affairs hosted the Women Veterans' Appreciation Day ceremony Nov. 8 at the Loussac Library. The VA hosted the ceremony to honor women who have been in or are currently in every branch of military service as a way to thank them for their sacrifice and service to the nation.

  • Alaskan Raptors: Leveraging the total force to build combat capability

    An F-22 Raptor flightline expeditor jogs outside, breaching the wall of frigid night air. His focus narrowed on ensuring that his team has the tools and parts they need to fix the jets. Planning the next step in the process and communicating with the crew is crucial to completing the tasks

  • World War II veteran revisits regiment in the Last Frontier

    Paratroopers with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment welcomed one of their own as they celebrated their storied unit's service and history.Vincent Speranza, an 88-year-old World War II veteran who fought with the regiment in the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne, Belgium, was the