• Alaska National Guardsman saves youth at Elmendorf Pool

    National Guardsmen are well known for their willingness to help others at any place or time. For one young boy at the Elmendorf Fitness Center, that willingness to help may have saved his life Sept. 29.Senior Airman Ferdie Villaflores, an Alaska Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 176th

  • JBER swimmers compete in fall meet

    The U.S. Army Alaska women's swim team's strong showing at the intramural sports season's second swim meet propelled them to first place for the event, despite not fielding a team for the spring meet earlier this year.The second meet was competed Oct. 21 at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center

  • Anchorage Museum brings Alaska to the world, the world to Alaska

    Located in the heart of downtown Anchorage, the Anchorage Museum has been offering art and history to Alaska residents and visitors since 1968.Sarah Henning, Anchorage Museum public relations manager, said the facility expanded its charter in 2008 with an added science dimension, when the museum

  • Reservist’s Kilimanjaro climb a mountain of a cause

    Most people dream of traveling the world, or conquering large obstacles. Maj. Lisa Reaver, a reservist with the 477th Fighter Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, was able to do both in a trip that took her halfway around the world to climb Tanzania's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro."A teammate

  • Guardsmen assist Fish and Game to clean-up Goose Bay

    Twenty-five Alaska National Guardsmen and 35 recruits from the Alaska Army National Guard's Recruit Sustainment Program partnered with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to clean the Goose Bay State Game Refuge during a "Guard the Environment" event this past weekend.Guard the Environment is a

  • Soldiers gone, but not forgotten: An open letter to fallen heroes

    Dear Pfc. William B. Dawson and Pfc. Jaysine P.S. Petree, family and friends have gathered today to honor your memories, your courage and your selfless service to your country.As we think about all the joy that you brought into our lives, we are always able to smile and to laugh through the tears

  • 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