• Softball tourney kicks off outdoor sports season

    After losing to E Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, 17-11, to drop into the loser's bracket of the JBER-Richardson pre-season softball tournament Saturday, 98th Maintenance Company's bats came alive.The 98th offense scored 70 runs in their final three games, while their

  • Annual JBER troop relief funds exceed goals

    The campaign runs for the Air Force Assistance Fund and Army Emergency Relief have come to an end and both have exceeded their financial goals. The AFAF campaign ran from March 26 to May 4. The AER campaign ran from March 1 to Tuesday."For the AFAF we have raised more than $108,770," said Air Force

  • JBER Motorcycle riding season calls for safety training

    The JBER motorcycle riding season has begun. "People probably started to get the itch for riding motorcycles around the end of March," said Todd Moore, 673d Air Base Wing safety and occupational health specialist. "That's when it started to warm up and the snow started to melt."He said the unique

  • Graduation ceremony honors 250 JBER personnel with new degrees

    Taking the time to study and complete just one class can be daunting in itself, but 250 recent graduates enrolled in the Army Continuing Education System at JBER didn't just complete one course - they earned degrees.Service members, spouses and dependents were recognized during an academic

  • JBER hosts Alaska Armed Forces Skeet Championship

    Alaska Armed Forces Skeet Championships kicked off at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Skeet and Trap Range, JBER, Alaska May 4. The event continued through May 6, and was open to the public for competition."This is the Alaska Armed Forces Skeet shoot," said Air Force Staff Sgt. Albert Brown,

  • JBER Airmen prepared with the ability to survive and operate

    The next operational readiness exercise is around the corner, and JBER Airmen are ready.Airmen of the 673d Air Base Wing prepare to endure the confines of full chemical gear for the upcoming exercise.The Ability to Survive and Operate training is crucial to JBER in case of an attack or natural

  • Combat Arms instructors prepare JBER Airmen for combat

    A command is given and the sound of gunfire resounds as ammunition is fired down range. Ejected shells litter the floor as eyes peer down the barrel through iron sights at the intended target. Ready for the next volley, a single breath is held, the body freezes and a trigger squeezed. Boom!Within

  • BIRD OF PREY: Bulldogs accept delivery of last Raptor

    After a grueling eight-and-a-half hour non-stop flight from Georgia, the airplane carrying Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Moga finally touched down on Alaska soil after a weeklong business trip. Despite sitting in the same seat for the entire trip, Moga sprang up when he spotted his waiting family. He

  • Welders of 725th Brigade Support Battalion master their trade

    Welding has long been a valued job skill, and for the paratroopers of B Company, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, it's an art form they've mastered.Army welders work in machine and repair shops fabricating and repairing parts and in some cases using their creative side to make parts for tanks, jeeps

  • JBER honors fallen Spartan Soldier

    A ceremony April 26 at the Soldiers' Chapel on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commemorated the life and sacrifice of Spc. Jeffrey Lee White, a paratrooper from the currently deployed 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment.A St. Louis native, White was killed in action April 3 in the