• JBER youth knock off rust at sports clinic

    The snow hasn't quite melted outside yet, but Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson youth have an opportunity to dust off their baseball and softball gloves during clinics every Saturday at the Kennecott Youth Center.The clinics are free and open to children from 5 to 14 years old.Paul Caron, Kennecott

  • 6th Engineers host JBER Sapper Winter games

    From their beginnings as a competition for the citizens of ancient Greece and surrounding countries, the Olympic Games have developed into a worldwide event.On Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the Soldiers of the 6th Engineer Battalion (Airborne) have taken the spirit of the original games to create

  • Band of the Pacific brings music to Trailside

    The face of Staff Sgt. Tom Salyers, U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific Northern Lights Brass, beamed beat red as he belted out Al Hirt's frenetic "Green Hornet." The Airman masterfully breathed out the theme song's staccato, almost machine gun, rhythm to the delight of hundreds of Trailside

  • Airmen support Japan relief efforts

    More than a dozen Airmen from the 517th Airlift Squadron and one 673d Air Base Wing videographer took off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Saturday, to fly support missions between U.S. Air Force bases in Japan.The island nation, which is home to tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel,

  • 164th Military Police Company deploys

    Military service members, leaders, friends and family honored the Soldiers of the 164th Military Police Company during a deployment ceremony at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday.The unit, part of the 793rd Military Police Battalion and 3rd Maneuver

  • Artillery paratroopers return thunder to JBER

    A voice from the fire direction center crackled over the radio, spurring the 3rd Howitzer Section crew into action."No. 3, cancel do not load. No. 3, quadrant 358.""Gunner's quadrant," the chief of section said under his breath, reaching for a nautical looking device resembling a sextant."One

  • Australian defense delegation discusses environment

    Curtis Bowling, director of Environment Readiness and Safety, Office of the Secretary of Defense, hosted a executive-level environmental delegation from the Australian Department of Defence last week at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.According to an OSD memorandum calling for JBER participation in

  • Traumatic Brain Injury clinic promotes awareness

    March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness month and staff at of the 673d Medical Group's TBI clinic continuously demonstrate the importance of awareness.Becoming self-aware of a brain injury can be difficult because the patient's brain isn't at its best, according to Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Kelton

  • New DBIDS base access system improves JBER security

    DBIDS is a Department of Defense identity verification and force protection tool which uses barcodes and biometrics (a person's height and weight, eye color and fingerprints) along with a color photograph to identify cardholders.It is directly connected with the Defense Enrollment Eligibility

  • Cost of living allowance rates up this year

    To offset the sometimes-high costs of living outside the contiguous United States, the Department of Defense pays service members living in those areas extra money each month as a cost of living allowance. Every year the rates are re-examined to make sure service members living in Alaska or Germany,