• 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

  • Youth learn life skills, like helping others, at TRYC

    Every day, the temperature drops just a little bit more and the sun sets just a little bit sooner.With this in mind, Kandis Kile, a child and youth programming associate homework teacher at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Two Rivers Youth Center, is showing youth fun and creative ways to fill

  • Alaska Guardsmen teach cadets drug awareness skills

    Alaska Army National Guardsmen returned to Colony High School to teach drug awareness and coping strategies classes to Army Junior ROTC cadets in Palmer this week.Sgt. 1st Class Diane Singh, the state resiliency coordinator, and Sgt. Monique Andrews, a victim advocate coordinator, spent three days

  • Don’t get SAD this winter; beat the blues

    Days are short, dark and gloomy here in Alaska during the winter. For some, this can lead to seasonal affective disorder.Many service members and their family members may be unaware of SAD, or how to treat it."In 1984 it began [being called] seasonal affective disorder, which is basically depression

  • Resilient Airmen Days scheduled

    The 673d Air Base Wing will host "Resilient Airmen Day" Nov. 20 and 21. In accordance with the Air Force chief of staff's focus on cultivating a culture of dignity and respect among Airmen, the installation commander, Air Force Col. Brian Bruckbauer, directed subordinate commanders to take time with