• Taking a breath after more than 50 years of service

    An alarm buzzes early in the morning, and a retired Air Force noncommissioned officer reaches over and turns it off; it is the beginning of one of his last days as an instructor for AFJROTC.After retiring from the Air Force in early 1990, retired Chief Master Sgt. Morris Pickel accepted a job to

  • Training in a combat zone

    Air Force Master Sgt. Lee Pentimone, like many of the military and civilian personnel assigned to the various forward operating bases in Afghanistan, kept his M9 Beretta strapped to his side and his armor within reach. The Taliban attacked randomly - sometimes during the day, sometimes at night -

  • JBER gathers at aviation event

    Planes, planes and, well, more planes.An F-22 Raptor and a C-17 Globemaster from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson join more than 200 other aircraft as part of this year's Great Alaska Aviation Gathering May 2-3 at the Ted Stevens International Airport."It's a great opportunity for us to kind of show

  • Times and faces may change, but the standards don't

    According to the Air Force Basic Military Training website, approximately 35,000 new enlisted Airmen come into the Air Force each year.They replace those who are retiring or separating, taking with them their skills and experience and leaving a void.The task of filling that void of professionalism

  • AFTER 25 YEARS, PARARESCUEMAN STILL FEELS A CALLING TO SERVE

    To look at him, you wouldn't know he was a decorated combat veteran or that he had just retired after serving 25 years of his military career in the rescue community.At a cursory observation, he could be anybody.Senior Master Sgt. Doug Widener, a pararescueman, or PJ, who retired from the 212th

  • Force Support Squadron takes Lemay award

    The 673d Air Base Wing Force Support Squadron earned the Air Force Curtis E. LeMay award for best large-installation-level FSS of the year in the Air Force for 2014.The award recognizes FSS leadership, customer service, support and quality-of-life programs provided to joint military members and

  • JBER observes Holocaust Remembrance Day

    In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, service members reflected on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps during a commemoration ceremony held at the Talkeetna Theater on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson April 24.The U.S. Congress established the Days of

  • 477th AMXS Welcomes new commander

    Maj. Jessica Pisano became the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander during a change of command ceremony here on JBER, April 12.Pisano accepted the reins of leadership from Lt. Col. Timothy Pemberton who will move on to be the deputy chief of maintenance here in the 477th Fighter