• Best Warrior competition decides NCO, Soldier of the Year

    Grueling five-day event crowns Sgt. Jonathan Williams and Spc. James Wells the victorsU.S. Army Alaska has named Sgt. Jonathan Williams of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment its Noncommissioned Officer of the Year; and Spc. James Wells of the

  • Arctic Expert Infantrymen forged at JBER

    Sixty-two paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, earned the right, April 15, to pin on one of the most coveted awards a Soldier can wear.The Expert Infantryman Badge is considered a mark of excellence, as it requires infantry Soldiers to demonstrate

  • JBER clean-up guidance

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson spring clean-up dates are May 2-8.Every unit and organization on JBER has their own specific area of ground maintenance they are responsible for and will have to coordinate. The dates for main base clean-up, not including housing areas are May 2-6. A copy of the base

  • Red Flag-Alaska kicks off: Texas-based Airmen

    It's that time of year again, when aircraft from all around the U.S. and the world come to Alaska to enhance their flying skills in a simulated war atmosphere. Four times a year, JBER and Eielson Air Force Base host what's known as Red-Flag Alaska, a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training

  • ID cards on JBER begin to lose SSNs

    On June 1, Social Security numbers on DoD identification cards will begin to disappear, said Maj. Monica M. Matoush, a Pentagon spokeswoman. The effort is part of a larger plan to protect service members and other Department of Defense identification card holders from identity theft, officials

  • Do your part to save JBER energy

    When the government budget write-ups are tossing around trillions of dollars, it's hard to think that two cents or a nickel will make any difference at all. When a single F-22 Raptor costs 140 million dollars, and just the Air Force facilities on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson have a $20 million

  • ROTC cadets prepare for Air Force careers

    The mission of the United States Air Force ROTC program is to train America's future officers. The local detachment from the University of Alaska Anchorage, Detachment 001, did just that this past weekend on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Camp Mad Bull. At the end of every semester, the

  • F-22 Raptor simulator comes to roost at JBER

    Located in 3rd Wing's Distributed Mission Operations Campus, the room which will eventually house the F-22 Raptor Full Mission Trainer simulator looks more like an F-117 Nighthawk stealth strike fighter turned inside out than the berth for a state-of-the-art simulator.The walls, vents and even the

  • Joint fight: Little Rock C-130s assist with Spartan exercise

    Members from the 19th Airlift Wing and 41st Airlift Squadron from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas teamed up with members of the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron and 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division last week to hone in on their war fighting skills.The 41st AS crew flew one

  • Bronze Star valor

    Paratroopers gathered in the post theater, April 1, to honor one of their own.Sgt. 1st Class Kyle T. Silvernale, of B Co., 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne), was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device for actions in Afghanistan on July 13, 2008. During a massive coordinated