• Nepali troops attend WLC at JBER

    For some Soldiers, the trip to the Sergeant First Class Christopher R. Brevard Noncommissioned Officer Academy is only a few minutes from home. For those stationed at Fort Wainwright, it's a couple of hours. But for six soldiers currently enrolled, the trip was more than 11 hours.Through the

  • VA secretary visits JBER, lauds 673d medical personnel

    Robert McDonald, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs visited the 673rd Medical Group Aug. 11 to provide his insight and explain the future of veterans' benefits."I'm used to going around the world," McDonald said. "I've developed an eye for what to notice about an operation, just little

  • There's an active shooter in the building - what now?

    One of the greatest threats to our community's safety is an active shooter incident, as these types of attacks are very unpredictable and most come with little to no warning. There may be almost no reaction time, so you must protect yourself any way you can. All of us have heard "know your

  • IPO helps keep data secure

    "Our job is to prevent the compromise, loss, or unauthorized access of information regardless of physical form or characteristics over its life cycle," said Mark Meyers, 673rd Air Base Wing Information Protection Office chief.  "Social security numbers, passwords and personal information ... those

  • JBER medical personnel see patients as family

    So there you are, sitting in your doctor's office and he says the words you've been expecting, but hoping would never come."I think surgery's your best option."There's a brief moment of processing, then your heart decides to take up residence in your stomach.Surgery can be daunting; many people are

  • Fisher House receives additional rooms

    A dedication for the Fisher House Annex was hosted at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Warrior Transition Unit July 28 in honor of the 22 new rooms providing shelter for service members and family in need of medical attention.The WTU provided a wing of its building due to the high demand for

  • Getting a rock-solid grip with the ORC

    Sometimes life may have you between a rock and a hard place. When climbing, that hard place is the ground. The only thing stopping anyone from reaching the top is oneself ... or the end of the rope, whichever breaks first.The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Outdoor Recreation Center offers outdoor

  • Securing Airspace, JBER supports PRSC tenant unit

    All around Alaska, and out into the Pacific, little white domes dot the mountainside, coastlines, and islands-- the only tangible evidence of America's invisible armor.The domes are operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by a small crew of mostly contracted civilian Airmen.They drive up

  • Brothers serve together in Alaska

    When polled with the question, "Who or what do you fight for?" many Soldiers may have a variation of the words "family, honor, country ... my brother or sister next to me in the trenches" somewhere in their answer. The brotherhood spirit pervasive throughout the Army is sometimes literal. For