• Don’t be a dealer to your teens

    It seems we can't get away from media reports of tragedy related to the abuse of prescription drugs. But it's not just the celebrities; the problem is closer to home than most people realize. According to an annual survey by the Partnership for a Drug Free America, one in five teens has abused

  • Sending them to Volehole-a

    Ah, the long sunny days are back - 55-degree afternoons, fishing, trees budding. The snow is gone - or mostly gone - and you can finally see the lawn again.The lawn you cared for last year, weeded, mowed.It's covered in squiggly lines of grass, and when you brush the grass off, it's a squiggly line

  • Raptor Banner Shoot tests combat capability

    F-22 pilots from the 302nd, 525th and 90th Fighter Squadrons tested their aim during a banner shoot here April 23-27. A banner shoot is best described as aerial target practice for the F-22. The pilots fire the F-22's 20 millimeter cannon at a banner, measuring 8 feet wide and 40 feet long, being

  • JBER reports missing Airman

    Officials from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson are concerned about the unexplained disappearance of Senior Airman Clinton Reeves and have been attempting to locate him since Monday when he did not report for duty.Reeves is assigned to the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron. He was last seen leaving

  • National Guard aviation support critical to Arctic Care

     Pulling off the nation's largest recurring joint medical readiness exercise, Operation Arctic Care, requires significant logistical support in remote areas of western Alaska where miles of wilderness separate villages in Alaska's last frontier.With no roads connecting villages, transporting

  • JBER merges official mail centers

    The Official Mail Distribution Center and the Official Mail Center are merging as part of the joint-basing process."The merger is scheduled for May 14," said Air Force Staff Sgt. Anya Rivera, mail clerk for the 673d Communications Squadron and native of San Antonio, Texas.Official mail is different

  • Senior NCO beats the odds, competes in Warrior Games (yet again)

    Cancer survivor Senior Master Sgt. Michael Sanders, superintendent of operations directorate of joint staff, Alaskan Command, plans to retire this September.But he won't finish his career without running a few more races, including  his second participation in the Warrior Games. A brief re-cap

  • Alaska Reservists minimize carbon footprint

    In an effort to save money and be kinder to the environment, Reservists assigned to the 477th Fighter Group have been utilizing Share-A-Van, a carpooling venture sponsored by Anchorage's Public Transportation Department."My dad rode a van for about 15 years until he retired," said Tech. Sgt. Joseph

  • B-1 bomber strike force validates combat lessons learned

    Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 168th Air Refueling Wing as well as a mix of Airmen from the 477th Fighter Goup, 3rd Wing, and 673rd Air Base Wing from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson participated in a nationwide joint exercise aimed at validating long-range capabilities of several Air Force