• Blue Geronimo inducts honorary command sergeant major

    Born and raised in Kansas City, Kan., retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bernie Knight served four years in the Marine Corps before enlisting in the Army in 1987 as an infantry rifleman.Over the years, Knight would serve in a variety of units and serve in nearly every noncommissioned officer leadership

  • JBER Boy Scout troops mentor next generation of leaders

    Summer in Alaska is often jammed full of activities - from filling the freezer with salmon to just camping and enjoying the warm days that seem to come to an end all too soon. For Boy Scouts, camping happens both summer and winter - and there are plenty of other activities for colder winter

  • Alaska Reservist saves Airman's arm after ATV rollover

    The swift actions of an Airman during an ATV accident saved the limb and probably the life of a fellow Airman. Airman 1st Class Makayla Conant, 477th Security Forces Squadron, was the passenger in a Razor ATV being driven by fellow Security Forces member, Staff Sgt. Philip Strumsky, when the ATV

  • JBER provides programs to families in need

    A mother and child hold the most precious person in the world to them: her husband and the child's father, before he leaves on a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. Moments like these happen every day on military bases. Fortunately, there are programs designed for deploying military members and

  • JBER Airman named one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Moving from Australia to Europe and then to Florida, the 14-year veteran wanted to do something with his life. As a U.S. Air Force family member, he saw what the Air Force had to offer -- working with people, seeing the world, doing something different and challenging himself. Air Force Senior

  • 17th CSSB takes on Afghanistan mission

    Soldiers of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson-based 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion took the mission of the Central Command Material Recovery Element CSSB from the 1103rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion of the Alabama National Guard during a transfer of authority ceremony, July

  • Arctic Thunder Open House looks to wow the crowd

    You've been thunder-struck! The words to a popular 1990 rock song might just be the impact on the crowd during Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Arctic Thunder Open House July 26 and 27, which is free and open to the public. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, "America's Ambassadors in Blue," will

  • Breaks, sprains and growing pains: orthopedics expands

    A buzzing, reminiscent of a barber's shop, fills the room. Air Force Col. Benjamin Kam, an orthopedic surgeon and the commander of the 673d Surgical Operations Squadron (MSGS), places the vibrating saw to his forearm as he explains it uses oscillation to pulsate through hard surfaces without cutting

  • Wrap It Up Alaska campaign hopes to reduce STD rates

    Layer into a shot glass:1/3 ounce youth1/3 ounce alcohol1/3 ounce lustTop with a liberal dash of unpreparedness. (Youth can be substituted with more alcohol, if desired.)The recipe: perhaps disaster.Since 2000, Alaska has the first- or second-highest incidence in the United States of chlamydia (and

  • Wounded warrior learns to live again

    Sgt. Mark McElroy wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father and his grandfather. His father was a bodybuilder prior to spending 21 years in the Army, and his grandfather served two tours in Vietnam. Both were airborne infantry, and McElroy said he felt it was the right thing for him to do as