• Welders of 725th Brigade Support Battalion master their trade

    Welding has long been a valued job skill, and for the paratroopers of B Company, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, it's an art form they've mastered.Army welders work in machine and repair shops fabricating and repairing parts and in some cases using their creative side to make parts for tanks, jeeps

  • JBER honors fallen Spartan Soldier

    A ceremony April 26 at the Soldiers' Chapel on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commemorated the life and sacrifice of Spc. Jeffrey Lee White, a paratrooper from the currently deployed 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment.A St. Louis native, White was killed in action April 3 in the

  • AMMO RUN: Real-world mission great for training

    The scenic 293-mile route from JBER to Valdez passes glaciers, goes through valleys and over mountains. The views are breathtaking, but the roads can be dangerous. The twists and turns of the sometimes narrow roads leave little margin for error, especially when the sign on your cargo says

  • Security Forces Investigator helps bridge the gap

    Inside a law enforcement facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a phone rang. A man wearing a collared shirt and khaki pants answered the phone, "Investigations, may I help you?""Yes, I was told to contact OSI?" The voice on the phone said.Zach Gigeous, 673d Security Forces Squadron

  • JBER school partnerships star at awards luncheon

    The Star Awards luncheon is hosted by the Anchorage School Business Partnerships program annually to acknowledge the partnerships with the various agencies in the Anchorage community."The goal of the program is to improve citizenship and the educational experience of students through exposure to

  • Tying healing to recovery

    A local branch of a much larger group is promoting fly fishing as a way to help combat veterans recover from their physical and emotional wounds.Project Healing Waters is a nonprofit organization that provides fly-tying, fly-casting, and fishing instruction classes to wounded service members and

  • 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