• JBER security forces ready for high-risk situations

    Airmen and civilians of 673d Security Forces Squadron performed their annual high-risk response training during Police Week, training that is part of a Pacific Air Forces-wide program.The U.S. Air Force partnered with Analytical Services Incorporated to conduct a diverse range of high-risk response

  • What is sexual assault? And how JBER aims to stop it

    This week's public announcement of yet another sexual assault-related prosecution on Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson has brought to the forefront a problem plaguing the Department of Defense to JBER's community. "We take this matter very seriously, and my hope is that people will not walk away with

  • Reserve team wins JBER F-22 Load Crew of the Year

    Three Reservists from the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron were recently awarded the 2012 JBER F-22 Load Crew of the Year during a ceremony here May 17.Tech. Sgt. Timothy Tuttle, the team's lead weapons loader along with Staff Sgt. Brandon Vice and Senior Airman Joshua Baker were selected as the

  • Pastor’s heart for military opens home

    Single Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson search for parking spots along a winding street in Eagle River through the snow and in the dark on a Friday evening. Some have to park blocks away, and then trudge the hills through knee-deep snow. They all have their minds fixed on the

  • Security forces, military police observe Police Week with events

    Every year in the spring on JBER, military and civilian law enforcement come together and remember those who have fallen in the line of duty. At the beginning of National Police Week, a ceremony is held with a mandatory formation of the 673d Security Forces Squadron. The ceremony honors all police

  • Reserve C-17 aircraft maintainers take talents to Alaska

    A group of Reserve C-17 Globemaster III maintainers from the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here strutted their stuff at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 21 to May 5, when they completed their annual training requirements. The McChord Airmen's temporary duty served a dual purpose.

  • Alaska National Guardsmen first to summit Mount McKinley in 2013

    Five Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 212th Rescue Squadron became the first group to reach the 20,320-foot peak of Mount McKinley this year, summiting North America's tallest mountain May 9.Air National Guard Maj. Matt Komatsu, Chief Master Sgt. Paul Barendregt, Tech. Sgt. Kyle Minshew, Air

  • Conservation efforts earn JBER DoD sustainability award

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson received the DoD Sustainability Non-Industrial Installation Award for FY 2012. One major component to the award packet is money.Conservation efforts, whether they involve natural resources or energy conservation, frequently take time to bear fruit and often require

  • JBER boxer to begin training with World Class Athlete Program

    Spc. Jeremy Durgin, with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, has earned a spot on the All-Army Boxing Team, and been selected as a member of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program headquartered at Fort Carson, Colo.Durgin, from

  • USARAK chaplain converts from Anglican to Catholic

    The Army provides many areas to serve, but for one Soldier, his path was always predetermined. It just took a specific point in time to acknowledge it to himself.Army Chaplain (Maj.) Kenneth Bolin, the chaplain for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, always knew he would