• Veteran DJs Alaskan-Hispanic radio show

    Dave Luera gives Anchorage "something new" every Sunday night.The human resources specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District is host of "Algo Nuevo" - Something New - on KSKA 91.1 FM.The music program on the public radio station plays cumbia, merengue, salsa and other styles of

  • 793rd MP Battalion hosts ‘Spouses Challenge’

    The sun hadn't risen yet from behind the Alaskan mountains on the crisp October morning. Weapons were drawn and the troops assembled into a formation outside. Sgt. David Grosshuesch of the 793rd Military Police Battalion called the group to attention, directed a "right face" then "forward march" and

  • Riders practice ATV safety, prepare for Alaska missions

    The state of Alaska has more than 586,000 square miles of land within its borders and only a handful of paved highways, making air and off-road transportation vital for military members operating in day-to-day missions.Airmen at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson completed ATV training Sept. 22 which

  • JBER Firefighters respond to fire

     Base fire fighters battled a fire that damaged building 9386 here. There are no reported injuries from the fire, which was reported at approximately 6:30 p.m. this evening and deemed under control at 9:20 p.m. All occupants of the building have been accounted for, according to base fire

  • Champions: 56th Engineers take flag football crown

    Throughout the intramural flag football season, when 56th Engineer Company coach Lou Keemer wanted to scrimmage another team for practice, he could always count on Troy Johnson and his team from A Company, 307th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion to show up.As the two teams played through the Joint

  • Water polo splashes into JBER

    Inner tube water polo season is just getting underway on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, but it's already a hit."People enjoy it a lot. We get lots of comments from people who said they didn't expect it to be as fun as it is," said Comptonne Byers, a lifeguard at Buckner Physical Fitness Center.The