• Battle wounded sergeant major’s road to recovery

    Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Van Engen, operations sergeant major with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, and 28-year veteran with several combat deployments, recently shared his story about his combat injury and his long road

  • Marine infantrymen switch to law-enforcement mission

    When Lance Cpl. Joel Cage joined the Marine Corps Reserve, he joined to close with and destroy the enemy as a military occupational specialty 0311 infantryman. He joined the few to run around in the woods and to break stuff.After the Eagle River native's Reserve unit started a massive overhaul of

  • Indirect fire infantryman of 1 Geronimo sharpen skills

    As the clouds thickened and warmth became scarce, a small group of 1 Geronimo Soldiers showed no hesitation while they geared up and gathered ammunition for mortar training on a cold Alaska day at JBER's Upper Cole Range. Many of the participating Soldiers said they have employed mortars in combat

  • MILPDS Downtime may affect your pay

    The Air Force is upgrading and transferring the Military Data System to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Defense Enterprise Computing Center in March 2013. The upgrade is expected to take approximately 23 days to complete. During this time, March 4 through 27, MILPDS will not be available.

  • JBER captain PACAF's Athlete of the Year

    191 of the United State's top female runners toed the line Jan. 14, 2012, to begin a 26.2-mile race. The air was tense as each athlete steeled their nerves and readied themselves for the run they had been training for the past year; the chance to represent their nation as one of the three top spots.

  • Maintenance group returns T-33 Shooting Star to static ‘flight’ status

    Every day the sun rises over JBER. The timing of when it rises, whether it gets filtered through clouds, how long it lasts, and when it goes down again are all subject to time of the year and weather conditions in Alaska. But when it does light up the sky, over time it affects what it touches. For

  • Alaska Air Force Reserve unit is hiring!

    The 477th Fighter Group, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska currently has open positions for civilian and military employment. The available positions range from administrative support to civil engineering, offering something for everyone. The 477th FG is Air Force Reserve Command's first F-22

  • Alaska National Guard conducts major search-and-rescue exercise

    The Alaska National Guard is conducting a major search-and-rescue exercise in a remote area northwest of Bethel from Thursday to Saturday to test sustained rescue recovery operations for a simulated jet liner crash. Saving a life in remote regions of Alaska under severe conditions is something the

  • February is Children’s Dental Health Month

    A small boy breathes hard, sitting in a chair he has never been in before. He appears to be surrounded by scary tools. He reflects on how he got here and remembers seeing a giant toothbrush coming at him, and his parents giving the creature their full approval. The boy is asked to open wide. A