• Good News Clubs help resiliency, spiritual strength of military families

    Georgene Bandara has always had a passion for God, country and caring for children. She is the coordinator for Good News Clubs at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, an after-school program taking place at some of the elementary schools on base.The clubs include a Bible lesson, songs, Scripture

  • JBER teen named Air Force Military Child of the Year

    "Hey Gage, come downstairs; you're in trouble," Tobias Adam's voice rang out through the family home."Oh, darn," his 17-year-old son, Gage Dabin, thought. "What did I do now?"While bracing himself for the worst, Dabin was instead pleasantly surprised when his parents told him he had won the Air

  • In memory of the fallen: TACPs conduct 24-hour relay

    Members of the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron's Tactical Air Control Party participated in the annual memorial 24-hour Challenge Run from March 27 and 28 at the Alaska Dome in Anchorage.The run, sponsored by the TACP Association, is a memorial to those who have died while serving, he said.It

  • 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