• You really can’t beat it – 3rd Wing Why

    If you asked someone 20 years ago why they joined the military, the majority may have referred to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, or maybe because a family member served. But times have changed, and so have the reasons why.That why has been on the 3rd Wing commander’s mind since he took

  • Paratrooper to Photographer

    Spc. Justin Connaher stood in line in front of the company executive officer’s desk at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1997.

  • High-altitude, high-achievement leadership

    "The rope team leader is the one who sees the obstacles first, and he also sets the pace. He needs to be very aware of what other people on the rope team are walking over or around, and adjust the pace of movement. If he goes too fast and someone’s going around an obstacle, it can become a point of

  • JBER unit first to reach mission-defense milestone

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 673d Air Base Wing Mission Defense Team is the first in the Air Force to reach initial operational capability on a fifth-generation platform. The MDT, one of 19 Prime Cyber MDTs in the Air Force, is dedicated to protecting the F-22 Raptor enterprise, JBER's critical