• Site Summit star to light up Anchorage nights once again

    Those new to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson or the Anchorage area may be surprised by the appearance of a new star Friday evening.It's nothing that would surprise an astronomer, though; it's been around for almost 60 years.The star on the side of Mount Gordon Lyon is lit every year in conjunction

  • Ordnance Airmen focus on preventing explosions of another nature

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal's mission is to safely dispose of potentially deadly explosive devices.With the extreme stress of this mission, even the best-equipped Airman may find himself facing unexploded ordnance of an entirely different kind.In a job that exposes workers to potentially devastating

  • Trailblazers return from Afghanistan

    The 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returned home this week with elements of the 23rd Sapper Company after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.The 17th CSSB Headquarters, consisting of 62 personnel from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were deployed under the Central Command Materiel

  • Spartans vie for best rigger laurels

    Parachute riggers from the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, competed in the Best Rigger Competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Nov. 12 to 14.The winners will represent U.S. Army Alaska in the upcoming Rigger

  • JBER honors community veterans

    Flags were plentiful. A large American flag took up most of one wall in between a Humvee and a fire truck in the two-story room; as people entered the building, many wore the symbol of American freedom on their shirts and hats. The symbol has another meaning - remembering those who salute it.The

  • Soldiers of 8th FST come home

    Family and fellow Soldiers gathered at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska to welcome eight members of the 8th Forward Surgical Team, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division home from deployment Nov. 4."I don't know what

  • JBER teen wins AF Read Week essay contest

    "I am so enthralled in the story, that when I next look up, my clock reads 3:11. I've been reading so much that I have forgotten to eat lunch," wrote Mackenzie Reitz in her 2014 Teen Read Week award winning essay."I quickly run upstairs, grab an apple and a glass of water, and run back to my room. I