• Lab technicians keep operations going

    The 3rd Wing Non-destructive Inspection lab at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson keeps the mission on track with accurate safety inspections by providing needed reviews of metals and aircraft, the NDI lab is keeping pilots safe and in the air."The Non-destructive Inspection lab inspects aircraft and

  • Paratrooper earns commendation for combat valor

    Members of the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne) honored one of their own, March 3, during a ceremony at their battalion headquarters for actions on the battlefield during the unit's most recent deployment to Afghanistan. Twenty-five-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Bobo, currently

  • USARAK Soldiers get into Fur Rondy

    Soldiers from the 23rd Engineer Company (Sapper), 6th Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, recently back from Afghanistan, got an Alaskan welcome during the city's three-day Fur Rendezvous festival. The troops took part in the Running of the Reindeer, an annual highlight

  • Breaking trails, making history

    Denizens of most northern cities would throw hissy fits if they knew snow was being trucked in and dumped on their city streets this close to spring's escape from winter's woes.But in Anchorage, on the first Saturday in March, nobody bats an eye.Not only was the snow brought in by the truckload,

  • NCO teaches arctic warfare, mountain skills

    Battling cold, climbing peaks at the Army's Northern Warfare 
Training CenterArmy Rangers, Navy Seals, and Special Forces are all considered elite troops in the U.S. military, and they are highly-trained in their fields and prepared for just about any worst-case scenario.But what if a helicopter was

  • Paratroopers finish Thailand partnership training exercise

    Soldiers from U.S. Army Alaska's 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), stood beside members of the Royal Thai Army's 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, King's Guard, for a ceremony marking the official end of training for Exercise Cobra Gold 2011.The ceremony took place on the same

  • Soldiers train for Expert Infantry Badge test

    Soldiers from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson received training Feb. 22-24, to prepare to test for the Expert Infantry Badge.The EIB represents the understanding of basic infantry tasks, said Army Staff Sgt. Ian McGlocklyn, an infantry Soldier with Company A, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment