• Spartans carry out biometric operations

    Paratroopers from 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo, detained two suspected insurgents last week near the Pakistan border, south of Matun district.The three-day mission was conducted by members of 1st Platoon, Comanche Company.The platoon's mission was to

  • Arctic Enforcers come home

    The day has finally arrived. After 12 long months deployed to Afghanistan, Soldiers of the 164th Military Police Company, 793d Military Police Battalion, 2d Engineer Brigade, U.S. Army Alaska arrived home at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Saturday.Families voiced their anticipation as the announced

  • Anchorage police recruits hone emergency vehicle driving skills at JBER

    With siren blaring and red and blue lights spinning on his patrol car, Anchorage Police Department Sgt. Rod Ryan was the calm eye of a vehicular storm as he deftly pursued another officer who simulated a fleeing suspect March 22 at a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson inactive taxiway.Zip. Zip. Zip.

  • JBER Pararescuemen train with Marines at Twentynine Palms

    Dust, dirt, Airmen and Marines ran through multiple strenuous real-world scenarios during Exercise Mojave Viper to prepare for their deployment together at Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 16."Its really great to get this opportunity to train with the Marines, to have the opportunity to see how they

  • Month of the military child: JBER celebrates its youth

    For the last decade especially, it has been common to see yellow ribbon stickers and magnets that say "Support Our Troops." Care packages to service members in Iraq and Afghanistan have been sent by the millions. Spouses of deployed troops are supported by communities too.But children of service

  • Quilts to honor fallen heroes

    Pieces.Fragments.What is left after the death of a family member? What about when a loved one pays the ultimate sacrifice, for strangers, on the line of duty, in a land far from home? These are often the questions that plague the minds of families of fallen Soldiers. Feelings of grief invade their

  • Airmen of 732nd AMS lifeblood for local, global operations

    In 1935, William "Billy" Mitchell stated to the U.S. Congress, "I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska, will hold the world. I think it is the most strategic place in the world." Today, there are countless forces from every branch of the U.S. military stationed in Alaska, and from here a

  • Seward Military Resort has many opportunities for service

    It's late winter. The temperature is cold, but perhaps not abnormally so for Alaska. Trees wave in the wind, causing snow to fall to a ground already buried several feet in the white flakes. Various objects such as street signs are just visible, poking out. This might not be the best time to be out

  • Be extra cautious of many hungry, angry moose this spring

    Two recent moose encounter incidents on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson serve as warning that stressed moose are more likely to threaten humans and their pets.The deep snow conditions of this winter are stressful, even deadly for moose. The deep snow has put them in a nutrition deficit,