• Wearing reflective belts can save lives

    During this time of year in Alaska, darkness lingers. By mid-winter, it's dark until 10 a.m. and gets dark again at 4 p.m. Days are so dark that drivers on the road have a hard time seeing pedestrians and cyclists. To help alleviate this issue, all uniformed military members on Joint Base

  • I’m actually all right – but Thanks For Asking

    The young Soldier didn't show up for physical training on time, as she did every other day. She missed formation. When she did show up for work, with a bruised face, she was quiet and withdrawn. Many of her fellow Soldiers looked - even stared - at her face. Time passed, and the day went on.People

  • Spartans field 21st Century parachute

    Spartan paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conducted their first unit airborne operation with the Army's new T-11 parachute Oct. 17. Nearly 300 paratroopers from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) and the 2nd Battalion, 377th

  • Geronimo is USARAK Career Counselor of the Year

    Army Staff Sgt. Armando Delgado, a career counselor with the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, bested a group of top career counselors from across U.S. Army Alaska to be named USARAK's Career Counselor of the Year Oct. 10 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.The two-day competition

  • Officials encourage energy conservation, cost reduciton

    As the days draw shorter and the nights become colder Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson officials urge everyone on base to be more efficient with energy use and keep costs down.October is Energy Action Month, which focuses on efforts within units to conserve energy by distributing energy reduction

  • 3rd Wing redeploys from Southwest Asia

    The 3rd Wing's 525th Fighter Squadron deployed to the Central Command area of responsibility to relieve its sister squadron, the 90th Fighter Squadron, also located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The swap-out of fifth generation aircraft took place after five months of supporting combat

  • Fly softly, carry a big mission

    At just under 44 feet long and 15 feet high, a C-12F Huron pales in comparison to the much larger C-17 Globemaster III, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in a dynamic mission here. "The C-12 mission is to keep our long range radar sites up and running, constantly scanning the skies for the

  • Spartans, UAA students team up to fight domestic violence

    A group of nursing students with the University of Alaska Anchorage delivered instructional training on domestic violence awareness and prevention to command teams with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Oct. 2 at the Soldiers' Chapel at Joint Base

  • The Fisher House project: JBER assembles new playground

    The Fisher House of Alaska has been a "home away from home" to service members, veterans and their families while they receive medical care at the hospital on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Since 1990, the Fisher House world-wide has saved the military, veterans and their families an estimated

  • Driving drunk could cost you

    The 673d Security Forces Squadron conducted a driving under the influence checkpoint Oct. 12 to deter military members from driving drunk.Officers used the checkpoint to make sure anyone who drove on base was sober. Military members operating a vehicle were automatically given a preliminary breath