• Rural Alaska students visit 4-25 infantry troops

    Yakutat is one of the biggest cities in the United States, but no roads lead there.The 2000 census counted 808 residents living across its 9,459 square miles. The unified city-borough on the Gulf of Alaska is accessible only by air and sea. Earlier this month 15 students from Yakutat Junior-Senior

  • Born to be wild? Get your training done first

    The snow has melted and the weather is improving in Alaska, so people have begun thinking about participating in many outdoor activities. One of the most popular is motorcycling. Military members have a few things to keep in mind before they take to the roads.At Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the

  • 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