• Traditions of Service

    The military is steeped in tradition. From the flags and colors to salutes and forms of address, military life continues traditions that can be centuries old.One of those traditions still observed is senior leaders serving their troops on holidays.While leaders let subordinates eat first ordinarily,

  • JBER chapel hosts ‘Bible Boot Camp’

    Many people who were raised attending a church end up with different ideas about the faith today. There are churches all around the world, and in military travels, Christians often attend many different congregations.Ultimately, the members of a base chapel congregation may have many differing

  • F-22's success aided by Low Observable

    Many are surprised to discover that the largest organ the human body has is the skin. Skin provides a physical barrier against harmful, external factors. The F-22 Raptor, much like the human body, has a layer of skin called low observable. LO not only assists in retaining the jets' stealth

  • Interactive gallery brings Spartan Brigade stories to life

    The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, recently unveiled an interactive gallery of photographs in its fireside room at the brigade's headquarters building at JBER.The new gallery features 26 individual black-and-white images with corresponding stories of Spartan paratroopers

  • SPARTANS HONOR THEIR OWN

    Family, friends and Soldiers gathered Nov. 16 for a memorial dedication at the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, headquarters to honor Soldiers killed in action during the brigade's recent deployment to Afghanistan. Army Chaplain (Maj.) Kenneth Bolin, 4-25th ABCT chaplain,

  • Special Olympics Bowling: Annual JBER event brings Alaskans together

    JBER hosted the 8th Annual Special Olympics Bowling Tournament, bringing 236 athletes to the Polar Bowl bowling facility Friday through Sunday.The three-day tournament brought representatives of seven Alaska communities to the bowling center: Anchorage, central Kenai Peninsula, Homer, Juneau,

  • Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force visits JBER

    Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Jamie Morin visited with Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Nov. 13 during his first trip to the region. "It's great to be here," Morin said. "It's great to have the opportunity to hear from some of the folks out in the wings and to really gain an

  • Alaska National Guardsmen save life of gravely ill woman

    Jumping from the tail of an HC-130 into the dark frigid night, two elite pararescuemen of the Alaska Air National Guard felt their parachutes deploy, before descending safely to frozen ground 160-miles north of the Arctic Circle.A few hours earlier, pararescuemen Air Force master sergeants Roger

  • Operations Group Airmen keep and enforce standards

    Being a part of the military, standards are something everyone must be familiar with. From the wear of the uniform to personal grooming, standards have been set that must be followed. So it is not hard to believe Air Force aircraft have standards that need to be followed as well. The 3rd Operations