• Teamwork fuels innovation at PTOT Clinic

    The task: to turn a former aircraft hangar into a medically qualified physical therapy clinic by moving 18 workstations, 125 separate pieces of equipment weighing 24,000 pounds, paint 9,100 square feet of wall with 20 gallons of paint.The deadline: two days.This was the responsibility that loomed

  • 'It's all about the children here'

    Early in the morning, kids go to school, parents go to work ... but toddlers can't stay home alone.Sleepy children are dropped off as early as 6 a.m. and greeted by the smiling faces of morning staff, including the assistant director.Lisa Aguilar, assistant director of the Talkeetna Child

  • Fitness classes challenge JBER personnel to reach new heights

    Fitness centers on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson are now offering free, high-intensity, body-weight workout classes with professional instructors throughout the week at Buckner and Elmendorf physical fitness centers.The workouts consist of three blocks containing four 30-second exercises and

  • Citizen Airman joins Iditarod champion for ride of a lifetime

    It's not every day someone gets a phone call to ride along in Alaska's Iditarod sled-dog race with the reigning champion.When TSgt Gerald Ingram of the 477th Fighter Group received this call, he said, "Yes," with a big smile on his face and without a moment's hesitation.Ingram teamed up with

  • Marine analyst visits Spartan Brigade to build exchange program

    What seemed to be a normal week at the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, turned out to be a little different as green, beige and black camouflage contrasted sharply with the Army Combat Uniform normally seen around the brigade area.In the contrasting uniform was

  • Spartan first sergeant earns master parachutist badge

    After 18 years of service and multiple combat deployments, a company first sergeant earned the coveted master parachutist badge, the highest-level airborne skills award, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson March 6.The master parachutist badge is awarded to jumpmasters who have conducted 65 jumps from

  • Territorial Guard defense of Alaska recalls American Revolution

    Breed's Hill. June 17, 1775.  Peter Brown, a private in the colonial militia, clutched his muzzleloader close while he surveyed Boston Harbor for enemy activity. Having helped repel two waves of British soldiers, Brown was running critically low on ammunition and didn't think he would survive

  • Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue snowmachiner

    Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a 65-year-old man who was injured while snowmachining near the Tanana River, approximately 24 miles southwest of Fairbanks, March 8.Alaska State Troopers notified the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center around

  • Iditarod Champion visits Alaska F-22 Reserve Unit, JBER

    Two-time Iditarod champion, Dallas Seavey, visited with members of the Air Force Reserve's 477th Fighter Group as well as members of the 3rd Wing here March 4."I try to have a pretty high-tech fancy dog sled," Seavey said. "Carbon fiber stanchions, lightweight aluminum, we are cutting ounces and

  • Passenger terminal renovations mean new look, more features

    They like to move it, move it. You like to move it, move it.The mission of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Air Passenger Terminal is to move passengers and cargo across the Pacific; now, thanks to $2.8 million worth of renovations unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 13, they'll be