• 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

  • Surgical technicians’ backstage work recognized

    Imagine opening night: the tickets are sold and the seats are filled. Curtains open and the actors take their cue to take to the stage. The play begins and ends, and the crowd en masse rises in a standing ovation. A spotlight shines on the center stage as the actor basks in the applause. The play

  • Engineer brigade starts program to protect new Soldiers

    Statistically, the military population most at risk of being sexually assaulted is made up of females between the ages of 18 and 22, living in the barracks, within the first 90 days of reporting to their first duty station. In that time of transition, they are most vulnerable to predation.Across the

  • Aircraft Maintenance Squadron earns top honors

    The 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 3rd Maintenance Group, 3rd Wing, received the Air Force level 2011 Maintenance Effectiveness Award, Medium Category, during their promotion ceremony at the JBER-Elmendorf theater, Aug. 30."We've got a squadron on the base that's being recognized at the