Cloudy skies part for youth skateboard competition

Family member Kristian Renna zipped across the cement, darting up a blue ramp before pirouetting his skateboard into a kickflip. Though the board rolled 360 degrees beneath him, Renna managed to rendezvous his feet with the deck high above the tarmac and the skater maneuvered his left hand into a

Women's Intramural Softball championships

JBER ends the summer with the ‘Back to School Bash’

OPERATION: Arctic Warrior

Alaska Army National Guard regiment gears up for fall deployment to Afghanistan

Alaska Army National Guardsmen from B Company, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) recently gathered Soldiers here from across Alaska for three weeks of training and validation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.The consolidation was in preparation for a year-long deployment

Bay State Eagles soar over JBER

Former POW passes proven resilience techniques to troops

One of the military's leading resilience experts spoke to an audience of Soldiers, Airmen and civilians at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Education Center lecture hall, Monday about how to build mentally stronger troops and families.Army Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Rhonda Cornum, Comprehensive Soldier

A Midsummer Knight's Read

Resilience in the face of Adversity

If you're a part of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson community, you've probably heard about 'resiliency' - the word has been used often for the last few years, by the Army and the Air Force alike. Resiliency is critical - but how do you go about building it? The Mental Health Flight on JBER is

Partnered again—Russia and NORAD conduct Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2011

Within minutes after takeoff the first fighter aircraft are visible off the left wing and Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2011 is well underway. The Russian Federation Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) conducted their second Vigilant Eagle cooperative exercise Aug 5-9,