• Counting is for the birds

    The count period for the 112th Christmas Bird Count began Wednesday and continues through Jan. 5.During the count period, tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas take part in an adventure that has become a family tradition among generations. Families and students, birders and

  • Band of the Pacific shares "Sounds of the Season" with Anchorage community

     The Air Force's Band of the Pacific put on a pair of shows at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Anchorage Dec. 6 and 7 that drew near-capacity crowds.Air Force Maj. Michael Willen, Band of the Pacific commander, said that the "Sounds of the Season", as the shows were dubbed, was

  • USARAK Soldier weds at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

    Dana Wille and Sgt. Davin Dumar had known each other since high school and ran on the track team together. They admittedly had crushes on each other, but each was too shy to profess his or her love for the other. "Davin was a senior while Dana was just a freshman", said Laura Wille, Dana's mother,

  • Base lights holiday tree with snow, music and cheer

    Soldiers and Airmen kicked off the holidays at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson with a concert and tree lighting in front of the U.S. Army Alaska headquarters building Dec. 1.JBER Outdoor Recreation coordinated the event with help from members of military commands on the installation and

  • Updated base access system requires registration

    With less than three weeks until the full implementation of the Defense Biometric Identification System, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson community members need to ensure they are entered in the system.The latest count indicated only half of the 60,000-person registration goal has been reached,

  • Raptors and reindeer and whiskers on kittens...

    I caught up with Santa's helper, Col. Terry Scott, 3rd Operations Group deputy commander, and got an inside scoop on Santa and the F-22 Raptor. SSgt. Zachary Wolf: How did you become Santa's helper? Col. Terry Scott: As you know Santa is very busy this time of year; he gave me a call and asked if I

  • BEAT THE WINTER BLUES WITH FITNESS

    As the seconds ticked away on an early-season intramural basketball game between teams from the 673d Contracting Squadron and the 673d Civil Engineering Squadron at the Elmendorf Fitness Center Nov. 30, Senior Airman Tyler Ingalls, 673d CONS, drove to the basket with his team down by two with a

  • ...LET IT SNOW

    Hillberg Ski Area is open for the season, after a ceremonial first run.The first to conquer the snow Saturday were Army Col. Timothy Prior, 673d Air Base Wing vice commander, and Air Force Col. Edward Thomas, 673d Mission Support Group commander."I would like to thank the MSG and the Force Support