• Engineer Battalion, airborne ready

    By Nearly 70 years after the first U.S. Army airborne operation, friends, family members and fellow service members marked the 6th Engineer Battalion's formal transformation to an airborne unit Oct. 14 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Malemute Drop Zone.The day began with an air drop of a small

  • JBER football, first in the Last Frontier

    It was an up and down game in freezing temperatures for two of Alaska's elite military flag-football teams, Saturday. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson relied on their running game and defense to pull out all the stops in a 14-13 win over Fort Wainwright and declare themselves the best in the far

  • Welcome to Alaska – how’s your antifreeze?

    Let's face it, to live here you have to gain a new understanding of reality. Suddenly there are temperatures that will do more than just make you sick and chilly. You now live in an area that has winters where you can step into a freezer to warm up. Of course, you don't hang out in those temps

  • Unrivaled: JBER Airman, Soldier earn softball gold

    Tech. Sgt. Cody Hynes, 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, and Army Sgt. Margaret Gaines, Medical Department Activity-Alaska, both earned gold medals during the 2010 Armed Forces Softball Championships last month at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.Hynes earned his medal with the Air Force Men's

  • Like everyone else, Alaska Guardsmen love whales

    The Alaska National Guard is working closely with production crews here in Alaska in the filming of a Universal Studios movie based on a whale rescue that captured the world's attention near the end of the Cold War.The movie "Everybody Loves Whales," starring well known actors Drew Barrymore,

  • Prepare early for Army board

    It's that time of year again, and all Army staff sergeants should begin preparation for the upcoming Sergeant First Class Promotion Board.Per MILPER Message 10-260, the deadline for Official Military Personnel Files updates is Jan. 21, 2011, but Soldiers are highly encouraged not to wait until the

  • Band of Pacific reaches out to interior

    Alaska Brass, from the United States Air Force Band of the Pacific, recently returned from a tour to four Alaska Native villages.The band travelled to Huslia, Nulato, and Fort Yukon in the Interior, and went up to Barrow as well.Native outreach is an important mission for the Band of the Pacific, as

  • Joint medical maintenance team saves lives

    Housed in the basement of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson DoD/VA Joint Venture Hospital, the Medical Equipment Repair Center services a $36 million inventory of lifesaving medical equipment.Air Force Master Sgt. Margaret Cooper heads a team of 11 highly trained biomedical equipment technicians

  • Late night host opens Air Force recruiting site

    Tonight Show host Jay Leno opened the newest military recruiting station in Wasilla, Saturday.The king of late night TV watched as 13 locals took the enlistment oath as part of the Air Force Reserve recruiting station grand opening.Leno's appearance is part of the Reserve's ongoing effort to fill

  • Joint fight includes emergencies

    With Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Unit Compliance Inspection starting Monday, the JBER emergency management team is ready for anything, due to its prior preparation across service boundaries."In 2009 as part of the joint base alignment, the Mass Notification Systems from both bases were merged