• Bowl for Kid's Sake

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska held their annual Bowl for Kids' Sake for the first time at JBER's Polar Bowl April 8. About 120 participants came out to support the event, which is the organization's largest fundraiser of the year. Much of the money made goes into the match-making process

  • '1 Geronimos' prepare for combat deployment

    Sgt. Michael Hammonds, A Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne), breathed sharply as he labored under the weight of an 80-pound duffel bag during a 200-meter simulated buddy carry.He threw the green "casualty" down with a groan of relief before running to the range ready line to

  • Denali paratroopers practice crater analysis skills

    Much can be gleaned from analyzing an indirect fire crater from an enemy mortar, field artillery cannon or rocket launcher. Soldiers like Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Luman, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, said it's a lost art, because nowadays radar is depended upon in most cases. However

  • Army honors two Trailblazers officers for leadership

    "Duty, Honor, Country - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be."Those words echoed from an awards speech Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered in 1962. Today, they are the foundation of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. The

  • Operation Dragon Foundation Where there's smoke, there's Arctic Dragons

    Soldiers of the 95th Chemical Company "Arctic Dragons," 17th Command Sustainment Support Battalion, reinforced their Soldiering skills, March 21, with Operation Dragon Foundation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.Operation Dragon Foundation consists of Individual Arctic Warrior Tasks, or Army

  • Engineers mentor Chester Valley elementary students

    Troops motivate local youth with math, sportsThe 2010-2011 school year at Chester Valley Elementary School started with a new twist: Soldiers volunteering as mentors for students. After a pilot program during the 2009-2010 school year, the partnership program was fully implemented in June 2010 and

  • Engineers hammer airlifters in intramural

    Last year's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson intramural volleyball season winners, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are still a force to be reckoned with.The USACE squad destroyed the 517th Airlift Squadron's volleyball team this season in their April 1 game, with a score of 25 to 17 in the first

  • Spartans set out for Best Ranger Competition

    Two paratroopers from 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), will represent U.S. Army Alaska and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this month during the David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Ga.Army Capt. Dan Strathman from Rockford, Ill., and Sgt. 1st Class Robert