• Wounded warriors summit McKinley

    When four of the seven-member Team Denali, which included four wounded veterans, reached the top of Mount McKinley in Alaska's Denali National Park, what should have been celebratory whoops and hollers was instead a quiet, tempered satisfaction, the team's leaders said. Though the weather was

  • Fifth CMSAF visits Elmendorf's Airmen

    The fifth chief master sergeant of the Air Force spoke at the Elmendorf senior NCO induction ceremony June 27.During his eight-day visit to Elmendorf, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert Gaylor took some time to deliver two motivational speeches to Arctic Warriors.Including this trip, Gaylor

  • Elmendorf teams compete against Reserve, civilians

    Tug o' war, volleyball, tricycle races and an obstacle course sound like activities for a day at a children's summer camp. However, these "campers" were grownups, and they called it Hero Games. The competing "heroes" represented area first responders and military members during events June 27 in

  • Agreement signed for integrated defense of Alaska

    Joint Task Force Alaska and 17th Coast Guard District officials signed a memorandum of understanding June 23 here to facilitate coordination of the missions under the auspices of JTF-Alaska with those performed by U.S. Coast Guard District 17. The memorandum signals a common understanding between

  • Northern Edge 2009 ends, highly successful

    After two weeks of working together to increase the interoperability of the different military branches, 9,000 servicemembers, more than 200 aircraft and an aircraft carrier are heading their separate ways after having successfully completed the largest joint training exercise in Alaska. Northern

  • Arctic Warriors reminded about fireworks dangers

    When people think of Independence Day many think of hot dogs on the grill, neighborhood parties and fireworks. Sometimes while all the patriotic festivities are taking place we tend to forget how dangerous fireworks can be. The use of fireworks is prohibited on Elmendorf, Fort Richardson and most of