• Acting Secretary of the Air Force visits JBER

    The Air Force's highest ranking civilian visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Nov. 27 to see JBER's Total Force Alert mission first hand.Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning toured JBER to learn about the various units that contribute to the base's ability to respond at a moment's

  • Spartans host “Paratrooper Experience"

    South-central Alaska community leaders joined forces with paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division for a day of arctic airborne activities Nov. 13 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.The group of more than 20 Alaska leaders spanned many professions

  • Military members become familiar with the face of a bystander

    The firelight illuminates a group of partiers. A man walks up to a woman who is drunk. You see her try to push him off but he will not leave. Do you chalk it up to persistence on this man's part, or do you do something more, something that could prevent a painful situation? A bystander is an

  • MCA program protects base members, wildlife

    Sirens and emergency vehicles surround a traffic accident on base. As first responders tend to the motorist and document vehicle damage, a military conservation agent arrives to assess the condition of an animal just hit. A homeowner opens the front door, and is suddenly face-to-face with a bull

  • USARAK focuses on Ready and Resilient Campaign

    The class The stories seemed to be from horror films rather than war movies. Guts falling off stretchers, maimed bodies and ghastly images of remains frozen in their last moments of life; many screaming in agony, now silent.He recounted all their names.The brief was part of the 725th Brigade Support

  • Spartan riggers ready for success

    "I will be sure always," is the motto of the U.S. Army parachute rigger. Every rigger is Airborne qualified and by tradition required to be ready to jump any parachute, packed by any rigger. Parachute rigging in the Army has been around since the first Airborne unit was established in 1940. In those

  • Otter Lake cabin conflagration brings out the best in JBER Airmen

    Flames spread on the floor and start climbing up the walls. Everyone inside is asleep, unaware of the danger that they are in. A dog barks and scratches the bed in the back room where a pregnant woman and another mother sleep by their children. They wake up to a horrible realization -- the fire has