• Food safety for the holidays; avoid cross contaminants

    Parties, family dinners, and other gatherings where food is served are all part of the holiday cheer, but the merriment can change to misery if food makes you or others ill. Typical symptoms of foodborne illness are stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.These symptoms often occur a few hours or a few

  • Base commander names home childcare ‘provider of the year’

    There are approximately 28 in-home childcare providers on JBER-Elmendorf.Tabitha Meyers was chosen as Provider of the Year by parents and a panel of base leaders."Congratulations on a job well done," said Col. Robert Evans, 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commander, as he

  • Airborne artillerymen mentor area native youth

    Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, took part in a program, Dec. 9, aimed at helping Alaska Native boys. The Father-Son Fair, at Creekside Park Elementary School in Anchorage, was part of Project

  • A bard’s tale: Airman takes spoken word to Speakeasy

    Spoken Word, a verbal art form which started in the late 80's and early 90's, was adopted by college circles to describe a new wave of performing arts which was given birth during the Postmodern Art Movement.Spoken Word became a catchall phrase to describe anything that didn't fit into established

  • Reservist finds source of base power outage

    Areas on base Sunday experienced a power outage that included the 477th Fighter Group Headquarters during the unit's monthly Unit Training Assembly weekend.Instead of sitting around waiting for the power to be restored, Tech. Sgt. John Orzechowski, 477th Civil Engineer Squadron, took action to find

  • 477th Fighter Group Final Raptor flight for group commander

    Air Force Col. Eric Overturf, 477th Fighter Group commander, flew his final flight in the F-22 Raptor here, Nov. 10, and left the unit, Saturday.Air Force Col. John Hillyer, 477th Fighter Group, will lead Air Force Reserve Command's first Raptor unit until the new commander is named.Overturf left

  • Former Special Operations general speaks with Soldiers

    Dell L. Dailey, former Special Operations general and retired coordinator of the State Department's counterterrorism office, talked leadership with U.S. Army Alaska commanders, staff officers and sergeants major, Wednesday, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.The presentation was part of the USARAK

  • Army engineers assist F-22 recovery

    Less than 24 hours after an F-22 Raptor crashed about 100 miles north of Anchorage, Nov. 16, the 6th Engineer Battalion initiated preparations for providing logistical and mobility support to recovery operations.The battalion mobilized more than 33 Soldiers and 18 vehicles by the morning of Nov

  • Recovery effort saw mission challenges

    An F-22 Raptor, from the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, crashed on Nov. 16 in a remote location in central Alaska.The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. Alaska time, while on a nighttime training mission. Search and rescue teams discovered

  • Guardsman shows strength

    An Alaska National Guardsman placed 2nd in the first official Alaska Strongman of the North 2010 competition held at the Egan Civic and Convention Center, Nov. 20.Master Sgt. John Nieves, recruiting and retention non-commissioned officer in-charge, Recruiting and Retention Command, Alaska Army