• Canadian officer in deputy position at USARAK

    D-Day. The English Channel. M4 Sherman tanks of Canada's 1st Hussars Tank Regiment - enshrouded in inflatable flotation screens and motivated by duplex-drive propellers - sputtered toward the Juno Beach shoreline, fighting the pitching channel waters as much as they would soon grapple with the

  • Airmen create works of art with metals technology

    Off Japan's east coast, The Continental Plate and the Pacific Ocean Plate meet to form the Japan Trench.On March 11, 2011, the downward pressure from the Continental Plate on the Pacific plate suddenly released, causing it to surge more than 200 feet upward, triggering a magnitude 8.9 earthquake -

  • Ice safety story: "Who do I call when I slip and fall?"

    Water can change physical state depending on its surrounding temperature. Gas, liquid and solid; these are the three physical states water can occupy. Of these states, solid water has proven to be one of the most destructive and befuddling for military members at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this

  • Transitioning Soldiers learn skills through Toastmasters

    Stress, worry, anxiety.These are symptoms associated with retiring or separating from the military, but the transition to the civilian workforce doesn't have to be an overwhelming ordeal. For service members who are separating, the Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program on Joint Base

  • Operation Homefront brings Christmas joy to kids

    The Service Member and Family Assistance Center hosted the third annual Operation Homefront holiday toy distribution event at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Dec. 4.More than 400 people were on hand at the event which saw hundreds of brand new toys given out to the children of military families who

  • Aircraft with a cold shoulder

    If driving in snow is a hassle, imagine flying. Instead of every turn being a skidding accident waiting to happen, blocky wings couldn't get the right lift and flying straight would be an impossible task.While the roads and parking lots on base have snow plows clearing the way, global ground-support

  • Structural maintenance flight keeps JBER airworthy

    Airman Melissa Weaver, an aircraft structural maintenance apprentice with the Aircraft Structural Maintenance Flight, 3rd Maintenance Squadron, stepped into the small paint room clad from head to toe in a suit one might expect to find in a gas chamber.Once inside, she adjusted the nozzle on her

  • Mongolian NCO attends course with USARAK troops

    Throughout the years, more than four dozen foreign soldiers have attended Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Brevard Noncommissioned Officer Academy. However this year, one graduate is the first of her kind."I am so thankful to the U.S. and Mongolian armies for allowing

  • 525th FS crew chiefs honored at ceremony

    Twenty-three F-22 Raptor crew chiefs from the 525th Maintenance Unit assumed the mantle of Dedicated Crew Chief during a DCC ceremony at the 525th Fighter Squadron headquarters on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Nov. 25.The ceremony recognizes the top F-22 maintainers on the installation, honors for

  • Road rage: winter snow stage

    Trudging through several inches of snow, struggling to find the keys in your pocket with gloves on, then spending 15 minutes turning a block of ice back into a car to get to work every morning ... that's just a taste of what below-freezing weather is like in Alaska.This time of year is not very