• 3rd Wing focuses on Airmen safety, well-being, with Safety Day

    The 3rd Wing completed a Safety Day, Sept. 28, which allowed each unit to have personal training focused on safety and enhancing the Wingman concept.The stand down day is a quarterly event that gives Airmen in the wing an opportunity to refocus on these important issues. "It reinforces what it means

  • 703d AMXS Cleans Up

    Heavy Metal Knights of the 703d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron were hard at work outside the Boniface gate Thursday afternoon. Squadron members cleared 943 pounds of trash and debris from their Adopt-a-Path which runs from the Glenn Highway to DeBarr Road. The Knights clean the path once a month

  • JBER Airman takes ‘service before self’ to a new level

    There are several traits in leadership Airmen aspire to in hopes of one day becoming role models themselves. One such trait is the ability to live by example, while living a life that reflects all the core values emphasized by the Air Force. Not only is diligent work ethic sought after, but Airmen

  • Healthy relationship skills can prevent domestic violence

    The 2011 Alaska Victimization Survey results for Anchorage showed that more than 50 percent of adult women in the Municipality of Anchorage have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence or both, in their lifetime.More than 8 percent have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual

  • Alaska NORAD Region depends on U.S., Canadian binational cooperation

    Cold, determined and isolated atop a mountain in the middle of Alaska, a silent sentinel scans the skies. The men and women receiving the data from this lonely radar site of the Alaskan Radar System, though different in nationality, realize they belong to something bigger than themselves and their

  • 'Lunch with a Lawyer' offers advice

    A new opportunity is now available for Soldiers and Airmen at the Iditarod Dining Facility on JBER, and it's not a new choice in food.The 673d Air Base Wing legal office is starting a program they call "Lunch with a Lawyer.""It's an outreach program our legal office has started so we can connect

  • JBER hospital, 673d Medical Group host ‘Girl’s Night Out’

    Mary Poppins once said "a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down."Snacks, gift bags, manicures, and spending time with other women can make women's health appointments less stressful.The 673d Medical Group and the JBER hospital hosted a "Girl's Night Out" Tuesday, with only female technicians