• ‘Prep-tember’ fair emphasizes being ready for Alaska

    Overnight between Sept. 4 and 5, a storm hit JBER with winds gusting more than 70 miles per hour. The storm caused damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. It uprooted trees and blew down street signs. Another, bigger storm was predicted to hit the weekend of Sept. 15 and 16; this time

  • PACOM commander visits JBER

    U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, U.S. Pacific Command commander, concluded a two-day orientation visit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson today.Locklear's trip to JBER allowed him to receive an official orientation from the units located here in Alaska with briefings from members of Alaska

  • FOD cautions increase after early arctic storm

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel have taken extra caution with ensuring the flight line is free of debris given last week's wind storm, which left moderate property damage base wide."Depending on how large or what the foreign object debris is can cause damage to engines, body of the

  • SPARTAN PARATROOPERS TRAIN WITH EXPLOSIVES

    A two-hour road march finished with a bang as Soldiers conducted hands-on breaching and shaped-charge explosives training Aug. 28, at JBER's live-fire breach-range facility.Soldiers with A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, turned their classroom learning into real, hands-on experience

  • Remembering our fallen firefighters

    Parents wake with a start at the sound of their smoke alarm screaming. The view of their bedroom is as black as night, and their senses are flooded with the thick, gagging smell of smoke. Feeling around, they make their way to the door and are able to feel the heat through it. Not a good sign.

  • Election time: So what exactly can military members do?

    As the clock ticks down to election day, some military members may have questions to what they can or cannot do in the arena of political activities. The things military members can and cannot do are outlined in Army Regulation 600-20 and Air Force Instruction 52-902.One thing everyone has a right

  • Alaska Reserve F-22 unit reaches FOC

    Speaking to members of the 477th Fighter Group during Sunday of the Unit Training Assembly weekend, Col. Bryan Radliff, 477th FG commander announced that the group had become fully operational capable. "Fully operation capable means that we are ready and able to execute our wartime tasking," said