• Run to be Ready 5K

    Airmen participate in the Run to be Ready 5K at the Eagleglen Fitness Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 9, 2016. The event was hosted to raise awareness for National Preparedness Month and emergency kits were given as prizes to the top male and female finishers. (U.S. Air Force

  • Retired Maj. Gen. John Schaeffer laid to rest

    Retired Maj. Gen. John Schaeffer Jr., a former Alaska adjutant general, was laid to rest with military honors at Ivik, Alaska, Aug, 31, 2016. Schaeffer passed away on Aug. 25 at 77.Schaeffer’s military career began in 1957 when he joined the Eskimo Scouts. By 1986, he would reach one of the highest

  • Introduction to Climbing/Belay Class

    Paige Wyse climbs an indoor rock wall during an introduction to climbing and belay class at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Outdoor Recreation Center, Sept. 1, 2016. The class was part of the new Women in the Wilderness program, which aims to encourage women to get outside.

  • Free Warrior Care Retreat to be hosted at Alyeska Resort

    The Joint Religious Operation Center is hosting a free Warrior Care Retreat at Alyeska Resort, Sept. 23 through 25. The event is an opportunity for single Soldiers, Airmen and other Department of Defense partners on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to step back and recalibrate their thoughts on

  • Combat Cross-Country Series 10 Mile Relay

    Spc. Joshua Padilla, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, competes in the Combat Cross-Country Series 10-Mile Relay on the Davis Highway, Sept. 1, 2016. The relay consisted of five-man

  • Let the hunt begin

    A cloud of soft white smoke billows from a muzzleloader at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson-R Combat Arms Training and Maintenance range. The simulated hunt, in which people shot at life-size targets from various firing positions, was part of a proficiency shoot – a requirement for those

  • Par-3 Golf Tournament to be held at Moose Run

    Moose Run Golf Course is hosting its annual Par-3 Tournament Sept. 18, at 9 a.m.“The Par-3 tournament has every hole set up as a short hole instead of from its regular tee box,” said Don Kramer, Moose Run general manager. “Par-3 means, for a [practice] golfer, you should make it in three shots.

  • JBER Offers School-Age Programs

    During the school year, many parents struggle with balancing morning routines and getting their children ready for school. Between waking up the children, making breakfast and dropping off the children with a family friend, neighbor, or babysitter just to make sure they make it to school on time,

  • Security Forces, Mental Health conduct patient under duress exercise

    The 673d Medical Group’s Mental Health Flight hosted a patient-under-duress simulation, designed to test their mental alacrity and readiness as well as that of the Security Forces Squadron.“The exercise was a duress situation at mental health,” said Senior Airman Allen Nelson, 673d Security Forces