• SWIFT, SILENT, DEADLY: Force Recon Marines train at JBER

    Reconnaissance Marines from the Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., performed a high-altitude low-opening jump and parachuted in through the frigid Alaska air Oct. 18. For four days, they stayed in the subarctic elements where other Marines who were

  • From Tragedy to TRIUMPH

    S gt. Ashley A. Walker, a military police officer with the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, has experienced a year marked by heartbreak and triumph.Tragically, Ashley lost her husband, Sgt. Brian L. Walker, also an MP with the 425th

  • Deployed F-15 unit keeps Alaskan, Canadian skies safe

    Every service member knows being ready at a moment's notice is part of the job. However, not every service member mans a combat alert cell, ready for the call requiring them to launch a fighter aircraft in minutes. For Airmen of the 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, that's all part of 24/7 duty

  • 3 JBER AIRMEN RECOGNIZED FOR VALOR

    Three Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing's 212th Rescue Squadron were awarded Bronze Star Medals at an Oct. 13 ceremony at JBER.Surrounded by friends and family, the Airmen received their medals for an act of heroism or meritorious achievement in a combat zone during 2010 or 2011

  • Arctic Warriors represent at U.S. Army Ten-Miler

    The win for the 2012 Army Ten-Miler in Washington, D.C., may have gone to Tesfaye Senedeku-Alemyehu of Ethiopia with a time of 47 minutes and 48 seconds, but the event was ripe with personal victories for a majority of the 11 Soldiers representing U.S. Army Alaska at the event Oct. 21, seven of whom

  • JBER, Eklutna people create historical food cache display

    For centuries, the land today known as Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was inhabited by Dena'ina, one of the Athabascan-language speaking nations spanning from western Alaska to Canada.Part of the cultural history of this people is now honored with the new Dena'ina cache and signage display located

  • New 911

    JBER recently upgraded its emergency dispatch system to the Enhanced 911 response system. The 673d Communications Squadron and 673d Civil Engineer Squadron worked together to install and test the system, a Cassidian Vesta. Previously, calls from commercial numbers and housing went to one

  • Autumn is prime time for bears, moose

    Every Halloween, moose in inhabited areas - like JBER's housing - detect a scent in the air alerting them to the opportunity to add a little color to their diet - pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns. There must be something in pumpkins that is especially attractive for some moose because they throw caution

  • Van-pooling saves energy

    Commuting to work can be a nice way to ease into the day. If you live outside Anchorage - or even if you don't - it can also be on slick roads, in the dark, and a great time to run into a moose.With fuel prices reaching more than $4 per gallon, there's an alternative to driving that makes commuting