• 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

  • Cheer squad goes to Florida

    Members of Alaska's own Denali All-Star Cheerleading team are preparing to participate in the Cheerleading World Championships in Orlando, Fla., this April."It's an invitation-only event, so it's pretty exclusive," said Leon Reynoles, Denali director of cheerleading. "You have to basically prove

  • 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