• 773d LRS ensures mission readiness

    A team of Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, weighed and measured equipment to be shipped to Fort Irwin, California.Humvees and Light Medium Tactical Vehicles are all part of the freight processed at the 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron Movement Control

  • JBER SFS conducts M4 Carbine Proficiency Firing training

    673d Security Forces Squadron members, conduct live-fire drills under barricades Nov. 9, 2016, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Airmen of 673d SFS went to JBER's Statler/Newton Small Arms Range for M4 Carbine Proficiency Firing training, which teaches them to maneuver behind cover while

  • Military appreciation hockey game 2016

    The Alaska Aces faced the Indianapolis Fuel at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 11, 2016. The Alaska Aces honored veterans for their service with a military appreciation weekend Nov. 11 and 12.

  • Dining facilities dish out more than a dollop for Thanksgiving

    Both the Wilderness Inn and Iditarod dining facilities are scheduling thanksgiving meals, and if service members play their cards right, they can double-dip this year.The Wilderness Inn is scheduled to have Thanksgiving on Nov. 23, from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. while the Iditarod Dining Facility is to be on

  • CSAF to JBER Airmen: ‘Alaska matters’

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and his spouse, Dawn, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska at the tail end of a two-week trip to various Pacific Air Forces installations, Nov. 10, 2016.“[The trip] was an opportunity to not only get out and see Airmen, but also make

  • Realize your athletic potential

    A cycling aficionado at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is attempting to start an Air Force Sports cycling team.Intramural sports, of which there are plenty on JBER, give service members the opportunity to display their athletic prowess at a local level. But Air Force Sports – like All-Army

  • Living with wildlife: Moose

    A small hill surrounds the Moose Crossing housing community at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The incline – blanketed with a late October glaze of Alaska’s finest – prompts young children, with parents in tow, to brave the path to the top of the summit.Simultaneously, a moose approaches the bottom