• 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

  • Battling cold at Army’s northern warfare school

    The bright blue sky against the mountain backdrop here is beautiful, but the early March subzero temperatures can be devastating to those who aren't prepared for it.Temperatures plummet at night and without the proper supplies or shelter, being caught outdoors can be deadly.Soldiers at The Northern

  • With Interactive Customer Evaluation, customers have a voice

    At the bottom of Web pages belonging to departments and agencies on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, are Interactive Customer Evaluation banners, guiding users to an interactive comment card. Filling out a card allows the customer to rate a service while also having the opportunity to offer

  • Military spouses graduate dental assistant course

     Wednesday marked the end of six months of hard work for six Arctic Warrior Spouses as they graduated from the American Red Cross Dental Assisting Program.The program, run by the 673d Dental Squadron, provided the spouses with about 800 hours of valuable on-the job training in numerous different

  • Air National Guard adds C-130s to 144th Airlift Squadron

    As more than 20 Alaska National Guardsmen looked on, the first of four new iron birds coming to Alaska touched down on the blacktop here at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, March 24.As part of the 2005 Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) the Alaska Air National Guard's 144th Airlift Squadron

  • Air Force Food Transformation Initiative provides new menus, high quality

    The Air Force Food Transformation Initiative has already delivered new and improved menus to the Iditarod Dining Facility, the Kashim Club, the Arctic Oasis and the Eagleglen Golf Course on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and more changes are soon to come, according to officials.The transformation

  • Soldiers save big money with skill

    Few things are more important to a unit's readiness than vehicle care and maintenance. In Alaska, with its extreme sub-arctic temperatures, maintenance is particularly important, as well as challenging.Two mechanics from Forward Support Company, 6th Engineer Battalion (Airborne), recently conducted