• JBER, community and family celebrate a life

    A celebration of life ceremony was held at Anchorage City Church July 13 to honor Michael LeMaitre, who went missing during the 85th Annual Mount Marathon race near Seward July 4th.LeMaitre worked for the Military and Family Readiness Center as a community readiness consultant. The MFRC falls under

  • Combatives facility offers serious training

    A group of four Soldiers, each geared for combat, stack up before entering a building to clear it of hostiles. The only information they have is there are hostiles in the building. The Soldier in the front taps the Soldier behind him to ensure everyone is ready to enter the building. He waits for

  • Soldier becomes U.S. citizen in ceremony at White House

    In a special naturalization ceremony July 4 in the White House's East Room, Pvt. Aegean Obed of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, became a citizen of the United States.President Barack Obama delivered remarks and presented coins at the

  • Spartan spouses learn some Soldier skills in all-day event

    Army spouses with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, experienced a rigorous day of paratrooper training July 14 at JBER, which helped create new relationships and strengthened bonds within the unit's family readiness group. Working together, 80 spouses finished each

  • Airmen awarded Bronze Star Medals for Afghanistan actions

    Air Force Col. Brian Duffy, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander, presented Bronze Star Medals July 9 for meritorious service to Air Force Master Sgt. Gerald Davis and Air Force Staff Sgt. Wesley Kory, both explosive ordnance disposal specialists, for service in

  • From professional baseball player to Air Force Reservist

    Although his life as the commanders executive officer is full of staff summary sheets and staff meeting slides there was a time when Capt. Brett Bakner fulfilled the childhood dream of many young boys and could call himself a professional baseball player. While playing Division II football and

  • Prepping to launch eyes in the sky

    Senior Airmen Brandon Ansbro and Michael Dawson, both crew chiefs with the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, perform an over wing inspection on an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System assigned to the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, July 2. Ansbro is from Missoula, Mont., and Dawson