• Camaraderie, faith and football

    Twenty seconds...Twenty seconds of exhilaration. There is a clear shift in atmosphere around the Airmen and Soldiers.Twenty seconds of anticipation.A chaplain in the group leans forward, anticipating the hike of the football. With twenty seconds left on the clock, the New England Patriots hold a

  • Spreading the word about dental hygiene

    February is National Children's Dental Health month, and the 673d Dental Squadron will visit Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's elementary schools and child development centers to educate children in dental hygiene throughout this observance.Tech. Sgt. Catherine Ramiso, 673d Dental Squadron

  • Spartan paratroopers graduate from Finnish cold-weather course

    Three U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers and five Marines completed the Finnish Army's Cold Weather Operations Basic Course near the Arctic Circle in Lapland, Finland Jan. 16."It is a course that mirrors our Cold Weather Leaders Course," said Sgt. 1st Class Shalim Guzman, a platoon sergeant with Delaware

  • Paratroopers train with Marines in California

    Paratroopers assigned to Able Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment are training in the high reaches of the Sierra Nevada range with Marines at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.The month-long training rotation is affording approximately 100 Alaska-based

  • Staying safe, warm while ice fishing

    Fishing frozen lakes, streams and rivers can be a seasonal pastime around Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, but understanding how to be safe is key to having fun."The big thing about ice fishing is to make sure the ice is safe," said Royal Harrop, 673d Force Support Squadron Outdoor Recreation Center

  • Volunteer tax preparer shares experience

    Preparing and filing a tax return can be a daunting task for anyone, especially for new service members going through the process for the first time. Air Force Staff Sgt. Terry Shoup said he likes helping service members and their families by volunteering as a tax preparer. He enjoys seeing the

  • Canadian warrant officer recounts

    Royal Canadian Air Force Warrant Officer Shari Reiser, an aerospace control operator for the 611th Air Operations Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, remembers her first deployment like it happened yesterday."It didn't seem to be as real as it was," said Resier, then a combat operations

  • JBER to conduct active-shooter drill

    While carrying privately owned firearms on a federal installation is illegal, shootings still occur. From the notorious 1995 attack by William Kreutzer Jr. at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to the Jan. 6 attack at the El Paso Veterans Affairs hospital at Fort Bliss, Texas, shooting incidents can and do

  • Airman finds fulfillment in weapons instruction

    Senior Airman Jamarcus Perry's average work day "at the office" includes teaching classrooms full of people about marksmanship, handling and issuing various weapons, and running a firing range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.A first-term Airman with six years of service, serving as a Combat Arms