• Spartans welcome new aerial delivery system

    The Last Frontier welcomed a new equipment delivery system as elements of the Spartan Brigade conducted a drop of simulated supplies onto Malemute Drop Zone using a one-time use parachute May 16.The 4th Quartermaster Company, assigned to the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade

  • Biking to work can save money – and improve health

    "It's shocking how happy I am," said Jan Johnson, a manpower specialist for the 673d Air Base Wing on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. "I expected to be healthier, but I didn't expect how happy it has made me."The secret to her happiness is simple, she said - she rides her bicycle to work. Every

  • Creativity and a skilled eye keeps the mission running

    The 3rd Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight is doing its part to limit Air Force operational costs on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.Aircraft structural maintenance personnel restore the structural integrity of aircraft. This duty requires the use of materials such as titanium, aluminum, steel,

  • ARCTIC TRAILBLAZERS AGHANISTAN BOUND:Three units mark separate deployments

    Deploying Soldiers from three 2d Engineer Brigade units stood in formation on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Pershing Field May 8 to case their unit colors in preparation for upcoming deployments to Afghanistan.The headquarters of 2d Engineer Brigade, the headquarters of 17th Combat Sustainment

  • Commissioning opportunities available at UAA for Airmen

    For Air Force 2nd Lt. Emily Schultz, commissioning this year as an Air Force officer culminated an 11-year journey from being a raw recruit at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, to an Air Force ROTC cadet at the University of Alaska Anchorage, with stops at Korea and Eielson Air Force Base in

  • Reserve F-22 pilots fill integral role during Red Flag Alaska 14-1

    Red Flag Alaska 14-1 kicked off Monday with a Reserve F-22 pilot leading the entire strike force as an exercise mission commander. "As mission commander I am responsible for coordinating the efforts of each individual package," said Maj. Shane Bohlman, 302nd Fighter Squadron F-22 pilot. "This

  • Military academy helps at-risk youth get back on track

    They look like Soldiers, running to and fro, marching in formations, shouting cadences. They eat like Soldiers, in a chow hall, three times per day. They live on a military installation, JBER, in Camp Carroll, on the Richardson side. They live in a basic-training type environment; high-stress, and

  • JBER Conducts Operation Clean Sweep

    More than 1,000 personnel, with the total force of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, came together to conduct Operation Clean Sweep, May 5 through 9, on JBER.The operation spanned the entire joint base, to include highways adjacent to the installation. Soldiers, Airmen, and civilians, wearing

  • United we kneel, JBER celebrates prayer

    The 'free exercise' clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Wicca, Hinduism and Judaism all believe in a deity who answers prayers.