• Soldiers gone, but not forgotten: An open letter to fallen heroes

    Dear Pfc. William B. Dawson and Pfc. Jaysine P.S. Petree, family and friends have gathered today to honor your memories, your courage and your selfless service to your country.As we think about all the joy that you brought into our lives, we are always able to smile and to laugh through the tears

  • Engineer Battalion, airborne ready

    By Nearly 70 years after the first U.S. Army airborne operation, friends, family members and fellow service members marked the 6th Engineer Battalion's formal transformation to an airborne unit Oct. 14 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Malemute Drop Zone.The day began with an air drop of a small

  • Soldiers gone, but not forgotten: An open letter to fallen heroes

    Dear Pfc. William B. Dawson and Pfc. Jaysine P.S. Petree, family and friends have gathered today to honor your memories, your courage and your selfless service to your country.As we think about all the joy that you brought into our lives, we are always able to smile and to laugh through the tears

  • Bigger than me

    People always ask me what it feels like to have a parent in the military, as if that was a question I should be able to answer off the top of my head.It used to annoy me, but then I took some time to really think about the question.I came up with an answer that was inclusive enough to encompass

  • JBER football, first in the Last Frontier

    It was an up and down game in freezing temperatures for two of Alaska's elite military flag-football teams, Saturday. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson relied on their running game and defense to pull out all the stops in a 14-13 win over Fort Wainwright and declare themselves the best in the far

  • Welcome to Alaska – how’s your antifreeze?

    Let's face it, to live here you have to gain a new understanding of reality. Suddenly there are temperatures that will do more than just make you sick and chilly. You now live in an area that has winters where you can step into a freezer to warm up. Of course, you don't hang out in those temps

  • Unrivaled: JBER Airman, Soldier earn softball gold

    Tech. Sgt. Cody Hynes, 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, and Army Sgt. Margaret Gaines, Medical Department Activity-Alaska, both earned gold medals during the 2010 Armed Forces Softball Championships last month at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.Hynes earned his medal with the Air Force Men's

  • Like everyone else, Alaska Guardsmen love whales

    The Alaska National Guard is working closely with production crews here in Alaska in the filming of a Universal Studios movie based on a whale rescue that captured the world's attention near the end of the Cold War.The movie "Everybody Loves Whales," starring well known actors Drew Barrymore,

  • Prepare early for Army board

    It's that time of year again, and all Army staff sergeants should begin preparation for the upcoming Sergeant First Class Promotion Board.Per MILPER Message 10-260, the deadline for Official Military Personnel Files updates is Jan. 21, 2011, but Soldiers are highly encouraged not to wait until the

  • Band of Pacific reaches out to interior

    Alaska Brass, from the United States Air Force Band of the Pacific, recently returned from a tour to four Alaska Native villages.The band travelled to Huslia, Nulato, and Fort Yukon in the Interior, and went up to Barrow as well.Native outreach is an important mission for the Band of the Pacific, as