• U.S. ARMY - ALASKA COMBATIVES

    More than 100 Soldiers of varying skill levels participated in U.S. Army Alaska's 2013 Staff Sgt. Jacob G. McMillan Combatives Tournament March 21 and 22 at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center.Combatives, or hand-to-hand combat, is an engagement between two or more persons in an empty-handed

  • 3RD WING welcomes Nahom as new commander

    Air Force Col. David Nahom became the 3rd Wing commander in a change-of-command ceremony March 20 at Hangar 1 on JBER.Nahom previously served as the executive officer to the commander, Pacific Air Forces, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.Nahom replaces Air Force Col. Dirk Smith, who has

  • Base access procedures change at JBER gates

    Access to JBER is restricted to personnel possessing Department of Defense authenticated credentials. A DoD-authenticated credential is a DoD-issued identification card, locally produced ID or pass that is registered in the installation's Defense Biometric Identification System when issued. All

  • Carter talks Pacific pivot during JBER stopover

    U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Dr. Ashton Carter gave thanks and praise to more than 150 Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson during a March 21 visit."I think the main thing that I want to say to you is thank you," Carter said. "I want each of you to go

  • Dining facility changes driven by feedback from troops

    Constructed in 1995, the Iditarod Dining Facility is one of the newer facilities on JBER and since its inception, has continually adapted to the requests of service members.The DFAC is one of four facilities Air Force-wide to be a part of the Food Transformation Initiative, which was developed to

  • Options mean you don't have to put your higher education on hold

    As any service member knows, education is highly valued in the U.S. military. From basic training on, service members learn. Programs like Community College of the Air Force and GoArmyEd provide opportunities to work on degrees - to improve education and leadership. The services have, for several

  • Alaska National Guardsmen conduct aviation maintenance exchange in MONGOLIA

    Four Alaska National Guardsmen were in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, March 4 to 7 for an aviation maintenance exchange to educate Mongolian Air and Air Defense Force members on the C-130 Hercules aircraft.In conjunction with the National Guard State Partnership Program, the exchange is focused on providing

  • 1 Geronimos earn Valorous Unit Award

    The 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, received recognition with a Valorous Unit Award to honor its service for a 12-month deployment which began in February, 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in the Paktika

  • Arctic cavalry scouts win Gainey Cup

    The 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, now lays claim to having best cavalry scouts in the Army after winning the Army's first Gainey Cup competition hosted the first week of March 2013 at Fort Benning, Ga.The 1-40th Cav's team