• WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA

    By The second Saturday of every December has a special meaning to those with loved ones who have lost their lives in service to our country. On that day, the Wreaths Across America program honors fallen service members in national cemeteries each holiday season.Service members and area citizens

  • Don’t let short winter days make you SAD

    Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a condition believed to be brought on by several different elements, many of which are part of living in Alaska, such as prolonged periods of darkness, long cold winters and distance from family and friends.It's more than just a case of the blues. Sometimes it

  • Lockheed Martin rolls-out final F-22 Raptor

    The final F-22 Raptor to be built for the U.S. Air Force, tail number 4195, rolled off the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics assembly line during a ceremony Dec. 13 at the company's Marietta plant. The fighter jet is the last of 187 F-22s produced, marking a bittersweet moment for members of the F-22

  • Ring in the New Year at JBER-E's Wired Cafe

    Soldiers, Airmen and dorm-dwellers are invited to attend the New Year's countdown celebration at the Wired Café Dec. 31. Don't have a place to go or any plans for bringing in the new year? This is the second year that the Wired Café, located centrally in the Elmendorf dorms, has hosted a New Year's

  • Counting is for the birds

    The count period for the 112th Christmas Bird Count began Wednesday and continues through Jan. 5.During the count period, tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas take part in an adventure that has become a family tradition among generations. Families and students, birders and

  • Band of the Pacific shares "Sounds of the Season" with Anchorage community

     The Air Force's Band of the Pacific put on a pair of shows at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Anchorage Dec. 6 and 7 that drew near-capacity crowds.Air Force Maj. Michael Willen, Band of the Pacific commander, said that the "Sounds of the Season", as the shows were dubbed, was

  • USARAK Soldier weds at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    Dana Wille and Sgt. Davin Dumar had known each other since high school and ran on the track team together. They admittedly had crushes on each other, but each was too shy to profess his or her love for the other. "Davin was a senior while Dana was just a freshman", said Laura Wille, Dana's mother,

  • Base lights holiday tree with snow, music and cheer

    Soldiers and Airmen kicked off the holidays at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with a concert and tree lighting in front of the U.S. Army Alaska headquarters building Dec. 1.JBER Outdoor Recreation coordinated the event with help from members of military commands on the installation and