• Army agencies ensure strong stewardship of JBER ranges

    Soft sounds echoed throughout the woods surrounding the Eagle River Flats Impact Area on Feb. 19. The sun hung behind a curtain of low hanging clouds and the snow littering the ground muffled the sound of people walking on the surface of a frozen lake seemingly in the middle of nowhere. It was cold

  • Brain injuries take special care

    During a three-day weekend, you are invited to play ice hockey. Though you have never played ice hockey before, you decide to go. Once you get to the ice rink, you wobble your way to your friends as they prepare to pick teams. As you manage to keep your balance, you slip and hit your head on the

  • 3rd Wing E-3 Sentries fly south to Guam for COPE NORTH

    Continually, military members are called upon to participate in exercises at home or abroad, but to what end? Ex-er-cise: something performed or practiced in order to develop, improve or display a specific capability or skill.Exercises are more than a chance for Airmen to practice the mission; an

  • Air Force grease monkey is also jumpmaster

    On any given day, more than 100 Army airborne paratrooperss may be lined up in the back of a C-17 Globemaster III awaiting a final safety inspection before being cleared to exit the aircraft toward a drop zone thousands of feet below.The important job of ensuring the safety, proficiency and

  • Battle wounded sergeant major’s road to recovery

    Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Van Engen, operations sergeant major with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, and 28-year veteran with several combat deployments, recently shared his story about his combat injury and his long road

  • Marine infantrymen switch to law-enforcement mission

    When Lance Cpl. Joel Cage joined the Marine Corps Reserve, he joined to close with and destroy the enemy as a military occupational specialty 0311 infantryman. He joined the few to run around in the woods and to break stuff.After the Eagle River native's Reserve unit started a massive overhaul of

  • Indirect fire infantryman of 1 Geronimo sharpen skills

    As the clouds thickened and warmth became scarce, a small group of 1 Geronimo Soldiers showed no hesitation while they geared up and gathered ammunition for mortar training on a cold Alaska day at JBER's Upper Cole Range. Many of the participating Soldiers said they have employed mortars in combat

  • MILPDS Downtime may affect your pay

    The Air Force is upgrading and transferring the Military Data System to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Defense Enterprise Computing Center in March 2013. The upgrade is expected to take approximately 23 days to complete. During this time, March 4 through 27, MILPDS will not be available.

  • JBER captain PACAF's Athlete of the Year

    191 of the United State's top female runners toed the line Jan. 14, 2012, to begin a 26.2-mile race. The air was tense as each athlete steeled their nerves and readied themselves for the run they had been training for the past year; the chance to represent their nation as one of the three top spots.