• 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

  • Joint medical maintenance team saves lives

    Housed in the basement of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson DoD/VA Joint Venture Hospital, the Medical Equipment Repair Center services a $36 million inventory of lifesaving medical equipment.Air Force Master Sgt. Margaret Cooper heads a team of 11 highly trained biomedical equipment technicians

  • Late night host opens Air Force recruiting site

    Tonight Show host Jay Leno opened the newest military recruiting station in Wasilla, Saturday.The king of late night TV watched as 13 locals took the enlistment oath as part of the Air Force Reserve recruiting station grand opening.Leno's appearance is part of the Reserve's ongoing effort to fill

  • Joint fight includes emergencies

    With Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Unit Compliance Inspection starting Monday, the JBER emergency management team is ready for anything, due to its prior preparation across service boundaries."In 2009 as part of the joint base alignment, the Mass Notification Systems from both bases were merged

  • Jay Leno trades desk for stand-up gig with troops, families

    Tour for the Troops brings Leno to baseThousands of service members, their families and friends filled the Buckner Physical Fitness Center Saturday night, as part of Jay Leno's Tour for the Troops, sponsored by the Air Force Reserve.Leno finished taping the Tonight Show, Friday afternoon, flew to

  • Rage City delivers roller derby mayhem

    When an average person thinks of roller derby, perhaps images are conjured up of a woman wearing a viking helmet, throwing an elbow to brutally catapult an adversary over a banked-track rail into a bewildered crowd.Jennifer Schober, Pratt and Whitney field service representative at Joint Base

  • Where is thy salute?

    During an Airman Leadership School graduation at a previous assignment, a Navy senior chief just gave a motivating speech to challenge the leaders of tomorrow.This was quickly followed by the introduction of the dead fish.The installation commander gave the Levitow Award and other academic and

  • PFAR trains to be mission ready

    Dirt and debris flew everywhere, thrown into the air by the rapid rotating blades of a UH-60 Black Hawk as it hovered to the ground carrying a M119 105 mm howitzer cannon. The Black Hawk released the howitzer and it settled to the ground as Soldiers made a quick exit and ducked for cover until the

  • Energy awareness saves money at work, home

    October is Energy Awareness Month and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's energy team is working a three-pronged plan to reduce energy use, create new energy and change the culture of base energy users.Reduce demandJBER Resource Efficiency Manager Francis Sheridan explained changing demand comes in

  • Alaska Guard improves readiness with new equipment

     From state-of-the-art Army combat helmets to brand new up-armored vehicles, the Alaska National Guard boasts the newest individual and unit level equipment worth millions of dollars. For the past two years, the Alaska Army National Guard reorganized our legacy forces of units such as the 207th