• Anchorage Museum brings Alaska to the world, the world to Alaska

    Located in the heart of downtown Anchorage, the Anchorage Museum has been offering art and history to Alaska residents and visitors since 1968.Sarah Henning, Anchorage Museum public relations manager, said the facility expanded its charter in 2008 with an added science dimension, when the museum

  • Reservist’s Kilimanjaro climb a mountain of a cause

    Most people dream of traveling the world, or conquering large obstacles. Maj. Lisa Reaver, a reservist with the 477th Fighter Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, was able to do both in a trip that took her halfway around the world to climb Tanzania's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro."A teammate

  • Guardsmen assist Fish and Game to clean-up Goose Bay

    Twenty-five Alaska National Guardsmen and 35 recruits from the Alaska Army National Guard's Recruit Sustainment Program partnered with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to clean the Goose Bay State Game Refuge during a "Guard the Environment" event this past weekend.Guard the Environment is a

  • 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