• Father and son paratroopers jump together

    They took to the sky together for the last time on the first day of spring. A sun-splashed sky lay ahead as the father and son ascended several thousand feet into the air, taking in the vista of the untouched wilderness and mountainous terrain of Alaska. They could see Mount McKinley to the north as

  • JBER Airman graduates Army NCO Academy’s Warrior Leader Course

    In the Air Force, part of earning the rank of staff sergeant is attending Airman Leadership School, which includes classroom instruction, uniform inspections and practical knowledge on how to lead as a non-commissioned officer. In the Army, before Soldiers become NCOs, they go back to the basics by

  • Medical group sharpens patient evacuation skills during exercise

    In 1964, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake ravaged Southcentral Alaska. Streets and buildings were ripped apart, tsunamis devastated towns and the need for medical services was dire. Fifty years later, the state of Alaska hosted exercise Alaska Shield 2014 from March 27 to April 3. Federal, state and local

  • Buckner Fitness Center hosts annual Dirty Shoe Run

    Military members and their families participated in the Dirty Shoe Run on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 1. The Dirty Shoe Run is a 5K race during the transition from winter to spring when the ice and snow begin to melt. More than 25 military members and their families participated

  • Keeping the Eyes of the Eagle sharp

    On the night of Oct. 4, 1958, 111 passengers boarded a Pan Am Boeing 707 at New York's Idlewild Airport for a non-stop 8 hours and 41 minutes flight to Paris' Le Bourget Airport. The journey ushered in the jet age for the United States and made the world a seemingly smaller place.Nearly 34 years

  • 725th BSB adds two companies

    The 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, increased its combat power by formally adding two additional companies to its ranks during a patch ceremony March 17 at the Alaska National Guard Headquarters Building at Joint Base

  • Music Man: Commander rekindles old passion for bassoon music

    Creativity can be found in even the most regimented of environments. In the world of music, a musician must first learn the complexities of the language before being able to speak with fluent passion. The same can be said of flying helicopters for the Air Force.How is it these two different concepts

  • JBER command and control units consolidate

    Two Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson units merged recently to increase efficiency, reduce manpower redundancies and improve the installation's ability to meet command and control requirements.The 673d Air Base Wing Command Post and 732nd Air Mobility Control Center officially combined for initial