• 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

  • Don’t be SAD during winter months

    As the days get shorter during the cold, harsh winter months, some people develop more than just a simple case of the blues. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that affects a person during the same season each year. If you get depressed in the winter, but feel much better

  • Sentry Flying at Night

    With the onset of winter and the longer periods of darkness that accompany it, the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron has begun preparing for low-light and nighttime operations. The E-3 Sentry fleet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson must be prepared to launch on short notice at any hour of the day

  • Service members past and present share experiences

    Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 3rd Operations Support Squadron braved hazardous road conditions to give thanks to the men and women of the Alaska Veterans and Pioneers' Home on Veterans Day. The facility in Palmer was built in 1971 on the former site of the Alaska State Fairgrounds,

  • Anchorage honors female veterans, history in ceremony

    The Department of Veterans Affairs hosted the Women Veterans' Appreciation Day ceremony Nov. 8 at the Loussac Library. The VA hosted the ceremony to honor women who have been in or are currently in every branch of military service as a way to thank them for their sacrifice and service to the nation.