• USARAK welcomes new top NCO: Gardner returns to Alaska

    Command Sgt. Maj. Bernie Knight relinquished responsibility for U.S. Army Alaska to Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Gardner in a change of responsibility ceremony April 11. Service members, civilians and family members traveled from around Anchorage and as far as Fairbanks to witness the transition of

  • Jumpmaster ensures safe airborne operations

    Army 1st Lt. Robert Tester watched through a window in a C-17 Globemaster III as it took off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson loaded with Soldiers. As they gained altitude and went to the target location, he gave commands and heard the Soldiers repeat the words back as they complied. The

  • Brain injury can be treated effectively at JBER clinic

    'Traumatic brain injury' has become a buzzword in the military with the Department of Defense deeming it the "signature injury of the war on terror."According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a traumatic brain injury occurs when there is a bump, blow or jolt to the head, or a

  • VCO’s keep ‘em moving

    Keeping up with maintenance of a privately owned vehicle can be time consuming and tedious. Most people are usually only concerned with a one or two cars, perhaps three, but the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Management Analysis maintains more than 1,900 vehicles assigned to Joint Base

  • 673d ABW raises sexual assault prevention awareness

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 673d Air Base Wing recognized Sexual Assault Prevention and Response stand-down day, April 11. Each April, the Department of Defense observes Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month and commits to raising awareness and promoting the prevention of sexual

  • TBI Clinic offers hope

    'Traumatic brain injury' has become a buzz word in the military with the Department of Defense deeming it "the signature injury of the war on terror."According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a traumatic brain injury occurs when there is a bump, blow or jolt to the head or a

  • Holocaust National Days of Remembrance Event

    The Soldiers of Company L, 157th Regiment, 45th Division arrived at the Nazi concentration camp gates and saw they were locked. They scaled the walls and took out the guards. When they had liberated the camp, what the Soldiers saw brought many of them to tears of sorrow and anger. How could a human

  • U-Fix-it shop turns laymen into handymen

    For those with a permanent change of station date right around the corner, worrying about a base housing move-out inspection can add to the stress of the process. Children, whether human or four-legged variety, may have done their fair share of damage around the house and repairs may be needed. But