Cooler temperatures mean the onset of influenza season

With falling temperatures, winter and the flu season are just around the corner. Influenza or the flu is different from the common cold and can result in serious complications for certain individuals.Unlike the stomach flu, influenza is a contagious respiratory disease caused by the influenza virus.

Smoking cessation classes mean quitting isn’t always bad

A quitter is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as one who gives up too easily. Sometimes quitting isn't as easy as it seems. Sometimes quitting isn't always a negative thing. Army Staff Sgt. Latasha Wade, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, knows how

ALASKA STATE FAIR: End-of-summer bash continues through Monday in Palmer

Celebrating its 75th year, the Alaska State Fair continues through this weekend.Though many featured events have passed since the fair's Aug. 25 opening, there are still plenty of marquee activities, concerts and performances to enjoy.Rock band Staind headlines Friday at 7 p.m. and is followed by

Senior engineers face challenges to complete sapper rite of passage

On Aug. 17, the 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) conducted the Order of the Arctic Sapper, a rigorous day-long training event involving multiple team-based challenges. The event's participants included 52 Soldiers in the rank of sergeant first class and above throughout the battalion. "The

Stryker Soldier killed by IED

The U.S. Army Alaska Soldier who died Aug. 19 in Afghanistan has been identified as Pfc. Douglas Leonard Cordo, 20, of Kingston, N. Y.Cordo was killed, and two other Soldiers were wounded, by an improvised explosive device which detonated while they were on a mounted patrol in a Stryker vehicle in

JBER kicks off the season for Flag Football

Golf tournament brings JBER’s players onto the links

JBER ham radio club offers skills, history, opportunity

With easy Internet access almost anywhere these days, we often forget that everything depends on sensitive electronics and in many cases on fiber-optic and other cables underground or even under the ocean. Many things can disrupt those connections, from earthquakes to mudslides and fires. When that

Several months of hard work go into making RF-Alaska a success

Alaska's premier quarterly exercise, Red Flag-Alaska, results from several long months of hard work put in by hundreds of individuals. Red Flag-Alaska, hosted at JBER and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, four times a year, is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for the U.S. and

RAF squadron travels halfway around world to participate in RF-Alaska