• Alaska offers unique training environment

    Exercise Northern Edge offers a unique training opportunity for members of all branches of the military - active duty, Reserve and Guard - on land, in the air and out to sea."There is no other place that provides what Alaska provides just through its sheer magnitude and size," said Maj. Gen. Thomas

  • Military aviators break service barriers

    Naval pilots begin training at Pensacola, Fla., and then branch off for individual service training. For two weeks every two years, many of them once again join forces for Exercise Northern Edge.During the exercise, Naval and Air Force pilots fly several hours each day over the skies and waters of

  • Flying high at Northern Edge 2011

    As planes take off for their final missions and Northern Edge 2011 prepares to come to an end June 24, some exercise participants at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, will continue flying high into the weekend, having received news today they were selected for promotion. Air Force officials selected

  • AWACs keep an eye out during Northern Edge

    To the average eye, the screen is a confusing jumble of lines, symbols and numbers. To Air Force Capt. Jon Quinlan, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, it's a "God's eye" view of the battlefield.Captain Quinlan, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan, is an air surveillance officer onboard an E-3

  • JBER youth curfew guidlines designed to assist parents

    The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Youth Supervision Guidelines have been developed to help set a standard for families residing on the installation.These guidelines are very similar to those found at other military installation both inside and outside the continental United States.Additionally,

  • Annual games pit first responders against each other

    On June 18, Alaskans celebrated 52 years of statehood, and service members celebrated with the 3rd annual Hero Games.The games are a friendly competition between the local police, military, the local fire department and first responders.The Hero Games started in the summer of 2008 after the National

  • Support team makes Marine unit self-sufficient at Northern Edge 11

    Support at all levels of operations are present during the Pacific Command joint exercise Northern Edge 11 -- including servicemembers who construct, maintain and tear-down operating locations used during training.Those who make this happen at a communications site here are the motor transportation