Sept. 24, 2019 Arctic Warrior Chiefs' Choice Award Winner of the Month - September 2019 Name: SSgt Rogers, TravisUnit: 3 AMXS / 90 AMUJob Description: F-22 Dedicated Crew ChiefTime in service: 5 years 11 monthsPrevious Assignments: Tyndall AFBAccomplishments:SSgt Rogers has set himself above his peers as an F‐22 Dedicated Crew Chief. He was hand‐selected to lead TAMS section during
Sept. 24, 2019 Geronimo medics complete annual certification Medics of the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conducted their annual certification, wrapping up with a comprehensive event Sept. 17.
Sept. 23, 2019 Remembering those lost in action “Chief, don’t let my son die twice. He died the day he lost his life but he’ll die again the day you forget him,” said a Gold Star mother to U.S. Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
Sept. 23, 2019 Army overhauls small arms training with tougher standards, combat-like rigor The U.S. Army has drawn up a sweeping overhaul of how it will train Soldiers in using small arms -- rifles, pistols and automatic rifles -- a revamp that adds tougher standards and combat-like rigor to training and testing marksmanship.
Sept. 19, 2019 JBER to hold National Red Ribbon Campaign walk The Army Substance Abuse Program will host the National Red Ribbon Campaign walk at 1:45 p.m. Oct. 10 at Paxton and Buckner Fields on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Sept. 17, 2019 U.S. Army will achieve recruiting mission, improve quality in FY19 The Department of the Army announced at the Pentagon today that it will achieve its regular Army recruiting goal of 68,000 new Soldiers this year.The recruiting goal was met in large part because of an overhauled recruiting approach and an increase in recruiters.“We are extremely proud of the Army’s
Sept. 17, 2019 Proper pain management with a proper scale The Department of Defense launched a pain rating scale for use in hospitals to better assess pain in patients. The Defense and Veteran’s Pain Rating Scale improves older pain assessment techniques by measuring not only the intensity of pain, but its impact on daily function as well. The scale
Sept. 16, 2019 Admiral Visits Cordova as Part of Navy's Arctic Expeditionary Exercise Rear Adm. Scott Gray, commander of Navy Region Northwest, visited Cordova Sept. 13 and 14 while in Alaska for an Arctic expeditionary exercise.
Sept. 16, 2019 Security Forces Career Field Manager visits JBER U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tamala Hartz, Air Force security forces career field manager, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 9-12 to gather insight on how the security forces mission is accomplished and to get feedback on impacts to the career field.
Sept. 11, 2019 JBER's BASH program uses tree removal project Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Bird Air Strike Hazard program is reducing the flight safety risk to aircraft, aircrew and passengers with a project to remove wildlife-attracting trees in the BASH and wildlife exclusion zones.