• Junior ROTC cadets go knees to the breeze

    Clad in combat fatigues and boots, the team faced a day of combat drills, convoy operations training, a small matter of being flipped over in a tumbling Humvee and, to top it all off, a jump from a 34-foot tower designed to break people of their natural fear of heights. These young men and women

  • Spartan signaleers get the message through

    Since the beginning of military history, getting the message through has been an essential part of military operations.Whether it was Paul Revere riding through New England yelling, "The British are coming!" or messenger pigeons delivering notes, communications have been a large part of the military

  • Careful attention can prevent most cooking fires

    Inattentive or unattended cooking is the leading cause of reported residential fires and fire injuries in the United States. In the past weeks, the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson community has experienced an increase in kitchen fires. More importantly, the people involved didn't respond in the best

  • Rural Alaska students visit 4-25 infantry troops

    Yakutat is one of the biggest cities in the United States, but no roads lead there.The 2000 census counted 808 residents living across its 9,459 square miles. The unified city-borough on the Gulf of Alaska is accessible only by air and sea. Earlier this month 15 students from Yakutat Junior-Senior

  • Born to be wild? Get your training done first

    The snow has melted and the weather is improving in Alaska, so people have begun thinking about participating in many outdoor activities. One of the most popular is motorcycling. Military members have a few things to keep in mind before they take to the roads.At Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the