• 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

  • Finding time to run

    A lifelong runner, Air Force Capt. Allison Easterly, 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron Delta flight commander, has participated in several marathons and half-marathons since her first full marathon in 2006.In 2012, when she was 12 weeks pregnant, she participated in a half-marathon, and then ran

  • Remembering the dream

    Ignorance is a blindfold on the mind, but keeping an open mind allows love to overflow. In the past, prejudices, like segregation, cut society to the point of bloodshed and discrimination led to martyrs and more hateful feelings.Martin Luther King Jr. understood that and shared it with the

  • JBER executive officer is more than a survivor

    Marathon runners call it "hitting the wall." It usually happens around mile 20, when a runner's body runs out of energy, starving muscles of the fuel they need to carry the distance.Air Force Capt. Caitlin Oviatt, 673d Air Base Wing executive officer, said she hit a wall of sorts Jan. 3 during the

  • Spartan paratrooper completes Airman Leadership School

    The Airman Leadership School on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson graduated a class as normal Dec. 18, but this class had some graduating members who were out of the ordinary.In addition to the normal class of Airmen who lined up for handshakes, salutes and graduation certificates, there were a few

  • Area Defense Counsel provides legal advocacy for Airmen

    There are many terms Airmen don't like to hear - such as "counseling", "reprimand" or "Article 15." These are some of the administrative actions undertaken when Airmen commit crimes like driving under the influence of alcohol, abusing drugs or committing a sexual assault. These are just a few