• Combating summertime blues

    Living in Alaska, many people are familiar with the term seasonal affective disorder. While most associate SAD with gloom during the dark winter months, depression can also come into play in the summer.“Depression can occur at any time of the year and often involves situational and dispositional

  • 539th CTC prepare for Polar Express Line-Haul

    U.S. Army Soldiers with the 539th Composite Truck Company from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, load M915A5 Line-Haul Tractor Trucks in support of Polar Express August 3, 2016. The equipment transported will be used by U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery

  • 2-377 PFAR perform TIPS, SCALES in support of JBLM 75th Ranger Battalion

    Soldiers documented the weight and dimensions, and ensured the cleanliness and serviceability of items shipped to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in support of JBLM’s 75th Ranger Battalion. The 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron Deployment Flight certified rolling stock and containers for sea shipment. The

  • Fueling the Fight

    Senior Airman Levi Roark, 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron, fuels distribution journeyman refills an oxygen tank outside the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska flightline, July 22. The tanks are picked up by Aircrew Ground Equipment Airmen when they are empty and then delivered back out to the

  • Finding the Path

    A game master, for role-playing games, controls the world around the players, setting the scene, the challenges and telling the players’ epic tale.

  • JBER hosts Arctic Thunder Special Needs and Family Day

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted an Arctic Thunder Special Needs and Family Day July 29, 2016.“Special Needs and Family Day is a by-invitation-only event designed to accommodate those with a physical, intellectual, or emotional condition, as well as the elderly or anybody who may have

  • JBER hosts Build-A-Boat competition

    Harlie Bodine, 611th Air Operations Center commander, and Annalise Bodine, 9, synchronize their paddle strokes at the build a boat competition at Buckner Physical Fitness Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2016. This was the second Build-A-Boat competition hosted at JBER.

  • JBER youth centers host summer camps

    Charred marshmallows are sandwiched between graham crackers near the glow of a crackling campfire, and the hum of ghost stories being told beneath the moonlight – it’s a summer camping trip.Substitute the glare of the sun for the moonlight, and the overnight camp excursion is not too far removed