• JBER videographer captures the action

    The behind-the-scenes scrutiny of documenting combat training came to life as Airman 1st Class Armando Aparicio Jr. donned his flight gear and video equipment to join the 210th and 212th rescue squadrons for their combat skills training in Southern California March 15. "People see me out videotaping

  • Exercise Yudh Abhyas bridges U.S., Indian army engineers

    For the first time in eight years engineer brigades participated in the annual Yudh Abhyas bilateral exercise. The U.S Army's 2d Engineer Brigade from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, teamed up with its Indian Army hosts, the 471 Combat Engineer Brigade, in Bathinda, India, to train on a United

  • Fire safety basics can keep your family alive

    Are you confident that you and your family would be able to survive a fire in your home? Consider the most recent statistics involving residential building fires released by the National Fire Incident Reporting System (2008-2010):Burns and smoke inhalation are, unsurprisingly, involved in 92 percent

  • JAFAP conference brings issues to DoD

    The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Community Education Complex hosted JBER's second annual Joint Army Family Action Plan conference March 20 through 22."JAFAP is a grass-roots process that identifies issues or concerns from the armed forces," said Frederica Norman, JBER JAFAP program manager, in

  • Joint Easter celebration brings families together from around JBER

    The 2012 "Easter Eggstravaganza" took place outside the Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Saturday. This was the first time the event was held jointly."Last year we had one in a hangar on Elmendorf and then one at Cottonwood Park here on Fort Richardson," said Amanda

  • Reserve, active duty F-22 pilots fly succesful long range strike exercise

    A mix of personnel from the 477th Fighter Goup, 3rd Wing, and 673rd Air Base Wing left JBER to participate in a long range strike exercise on April 4.F-22 Raptors and E-3's assigned to the 3rd Wing along with F-16s from Misawa AB, Japan, B-1's from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota and KC-135s from

  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Castillo invents a program calling it iFly

    There's a new computer-based program designed to track the training status for pilots. It's called "iFly," invented by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Castillo, 3rd Wing aviation resource management. It may become the new standard for the Pacific Air Forces.The path that led to this program shines with

  • The sky is the limit for Spartan artillery on the move

    Paratroopers from Task Force Spartan Steel coordinated the transportation of an M777 155-mm howitzer on Forward Operating Base Salerno to Combat Outpost Chamkani, March 27.The move was conducted to upgrade the capability of indirect fire support for members of Task Force Gold Geronimo, which is

  • Spartan cannoneers support COP Herrera

    Chosen Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Gold Geronimo, has a majority of its troops on Combat Outpost Herrera patrolling the area of operations, and providing fire support for them is the task of 4th Platoon, B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field

  • Alaska Army National Guardsmen play pivotal role in Afghanistan

    Alaska Army National Guardsmen from B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment are settling in to their roles as Security Forces for Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan.More than 126 Soldiers departed Camp Atterbury, Ind., in late February after finalizing their