• Guardsmen seize awards at state meet

    Four Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers competed in the 2012 Alaska State Powerlifting Championships hosted at Southside Strength & Fitness in Anchorage March 24.More than 30 lifters from around the state competed for their chance at a "best" title in the three-lift meet. Army Staff Sgt. Larry

  • Airman Dorm Leaders help integrate junior troops

    For unaccompanied Airmen on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the dormitories are both a place they can call home and a sanctuary where they can relax. The dormitories are kept safe and up to Air Force standards by dormitory leaders under the Airman Dormitory Leadership Program."We are here to guide,

  • Child Abuse: Preventing a hidden crime

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is home to many children, and hundreds more military children live in Anchorage and the surrounding communities.Military families are often under more stress than others - with deployments and frequent moving putting pressure on parents and children alike. And

  • POL flight fuels JBER

    It's 10 below zero and snow is on the ground everywhere. Airman 1st Class Bradley Welsh climbs out of his fuel truck to walk on the freshly plowed runway. He hooks up his hose into an underground fuel line to fill the C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane sitting on the tarmac. Welsh works with the crew

  • Survivor parachutes with Golden Knights – and learns

    On Feb. 22 I had the opportunity of a lifetime and it was a day I will never forget. I went skydiving for the very first time with the Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team and it was an incredible experience.Not only that, but I was with the most amazing and inspiring group of women you could

  • Air Force Network migration around the corner for JBER

    The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force network will soon become the next PACAF base to migrate its computer users into a "central" Air Force Network, or AFNet. During a seven-week period beginning April 30, technicians will begin migrating JBER AF network workstations, network users, and

  • Military to host public hearings for JPARC environmental impact

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, Alaskan Command, on behalf of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Modernization and Enhancement of Ranges, Airspace, and Training Areas in the Joint Pacific Alaska

  • Spartans carry out biometric operations

    Paratroopers from 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo, detained two suspected insurgents last week near the Pakistan border, south of Matun district.The three-day mission was conducted by members of 1st Platoon, Comanche Company.The platoon's mission was to

  • Arctic Enforcers come home

    The day has finally arrived. After 12 long months deployed to Afghanistan, Soldiers of the 164th Military Police Company, 793d Military Police Battalion, 2d Engineer Brigade, U.S. Army Alaska arrived home at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Saturday.Families voiced their anticipation as the announced

  • Anchorage police recruits hone emergency vehicle driving skills at JBER

    With siren blaring and red and blue lights spinning on his patrol car, Anchorage Police Department Sgt. Rod Ryan was the calm eye of a vehicular storm as he deftly pursued another officer who simulated a fleeing suspect March 22 at a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson inactive taxiway.Zip. Zip. Zip.