• Governor Palin encourages Alaskans to follow ash fall advisory plans

    Governor Sarah Palin is encouraging Alaskans potentially effected by the ash fall of Mount Redoubt' s most recent eruption to follow safety procedures. During the past two months, the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has been working with local governments to

  • Elmendorf leaders coordinate Redoubt response

    Elmendorf officials have been preparing for the possible eruption of Mount Redoubt since January. And in the hours since it erupted March 22, senior leaders are on full alert. "We've been very well prepared to react to this expected eruption," said Col. Thomas Bergeson, 3rd Wing commander. "We're

  • Delayed reporting for Elmendorf members

    Elmendorf members are now on delayed reporting and should report to work by 8 a.m. today, March 23. The uniform of the day is the utility uniform. Personnel should contact their supervisors for more information. Elmendorf's airfield is still operational at this time. While ash fall from the Mount

  • Elmendorf members respond to volcano eruption

    Due to the recent Mount Redoubt eruption at 10:38 p.m. March 22, only essential personnel are to report to work at Elmendorf AFB today, March 23. Personnel should contact their supervisors for more information. Elmendorf is still open with operational runways at this time. The 3rd Medical Group and

  • Saving the Brave: Doctors' Day honors sacrifice of doctors

    Navy clinical psychologist Heidi Kraft learned her toughest lesson in Iraq. She wrote a moving memoir, "Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital," about her time serving and titled it after a line from the television show M*A*S*H: "There are two rules of war. Rule number one is that

  • ACTION LINE: RV storage lot rates increase

    Question: Why did the recent hike in the price of the RV parking increase 50 percent? Isn't there a law governing how much they can increase rent and aren't they required to give some notification to the renters? I understand that they use this money to cover expenses for other Morale, Welfare and

  • Air Force Assistance Fund drives on

    Elmendorf's Annual Air Force Assistance Fund drive began March 16. Col. Richard Walberg, 3rd Wing vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gerard Cappello, 3rd Wing command chief master sergeant, made the first contributions in the installation's six-week charity drive, which runs through April