• JBER Soldier named Army’s Female Athlete of the Year

    Army Sgt. Ashley A. Walker, a military police officer with the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, is the Army's Female Athlete of the Year for 2012.Walker earned the award for her talent and athleticism as a player on the 2012 All-Army

  • Don’t fall victim to online ‘sextortion’ scams

    Cyber crimes are a fairly new but very real threat.Internet crimes such as phishing, spamming, cyber terrorism, cyber bullying, online identity theft and cyber stalking have been constant concerns on the DoD's agenda.But early in 2013, it was brought to the military's attention that cybersex

  • Transition unit more than just a pretty building

    Behind the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital, you can find facilities dedicated to providing support to injured Soldiers, Airmen and their families during their transition back to work. The Warrior Transition Complex reached the one-year mark of providing support to improving the lives of the

  • 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