• ‘Love doesn’t need to hurt’

    We would like to think that the military community is immune to domestic violence and family abuse. Sadly, though, that's not the case, said Natasha Goff, victim advocate on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson."Is there domestic violence? Yes," she said. "And it doesn't have to be violence. There are

  • Wenke assumes command of 176th Wing

    Air Force Col. Donald Wenke received the 176th Wing's command flag from Alaska's Adjutant General, Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, at a change-of-command ceremony here, Sunday.More than 500 guardsmen and community leaders attended the event that publicly demonstrated the change in leadership of one of

  • Be prepared in case of volcano eruption

    The Alaska Volcano Observatory is a valuable resource for volcano information.Several active volcanoes are relatively close to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.JBER is not close enough to the volcano to be directly impacted by lava or an explosive eruption, but volcanic ash from a potential eruption

  • Certified for operations, JBER F-22s return to Alaska skies

    After a four-month stand down, the Air Force's premier fighter, the F-22 Raptor, returned to the skies Wednesday.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz approved an implementation plan developed by Air Combat Command officials that allowed the F-22 to resume

  • JBER commander addresses Air Force civilian work force shaping at town hall

    The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander hosted a town hall meeting for Air Force civilians Monday, to discuss work force shaping.Air Force Col. Robert Evans, JBER/673d ABW commander, addressed an audience of hundreds of Air Force civilians at the Elmendorf Theater, to

  • Training location helps unit prepare for Afghanistan

    Soldiers from A Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Calvary Regiment, skirted through the mountains looking for enemy activity. Their mission was to infiltrate and then conduct a dismounted movement through the hills for approximately 5,200 meters to establish a series of observation posts. From

  • 150 youth challenge selves, each other in fierce annual competition

    High-school students from around the Anchorage area gathered Friday and Saturday for the annual Raider Decathlon at Otter Lake on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. More than 150 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from seven schools battled it out as teams, trying to post high scores on a