• Get 0ut: weekend in Homer

    Bored with city life and the same old routine? Want to get away from it all? Those with a prescrip¬tion for some angling excitement or a rest and relaxation weekend will find Homer is just what the doctor ordered.Located just a few hundred miles from Anchorage, the Alaskan fishing village with a

  • Don’t take a chance, get the flu shot

    If nine out of 10 people who played the lottery actually won, who wouldn't want to try their chances?When it comes to flu shots, it's the same odds. Nine out of 10 healthy people who get a seasonal flu shot, don't get the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.With flu

  • The standard bearer: Son of military policeman featured on CBS Sports

    Standing at 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing just over 300 pounds, Wesley Sau¬vao, son of Army Staff Sgt. Eneriko Sauvao, 793rd Military Police Battalion, might seem conspicuous anywhere else, but not on the collegiate football field.That is unless the younger Sauvao exits the stadium tunnel

  • Centurions vanquish Air Force firefighters

    Soldiers representing HHC, 725th Brigade Support Battalion "Centurions," 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, defeated Air Force firefighters representing the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson 673d Air Base Wing Fire and Emergency Services Department in the inaugural JBER softball

  • 611th Air Support Group adds eight tropical Pacific locations

    Beginning Oct. 1, the 611th Air Support Group is adding eight tropical locations in the Pacific to the list of sites it already manages around Alaska. Due to the creation of Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, the management and support of Wake Island Airfield and seven other geographically separated

  • Vietnam veteran turns war wounds around

    I attended a Spiritual Resilience Breakfast at the Lee Reserve Center Sept. 2, and little did I know Dave Roever would rock the place. Many learned a valuable lesson that day: When you're having a bad day, it helps to talk to someone who's had a worse day and made it through.Roever, a Vietnam

  • Anchorage begins Combined Federal Campaign

    The city of Anchorage officially kicked off its Combined Federal Campaign Sept. 1, downtown, with support from Soldiers with the 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade."The Combined Federal Campaign is an incredible effort by federal employees to give back to their communities," said Jennifer Wukasch,

  • The river just knows: Healing waters flow for Arctic Warriors

    In the morning the waters of the Kenai River lapped gently against the bow of boats. The sky broke with sunlight as the fishermen prepared for the day.The fishing day for Alaska's section of project Healing Waters, an organization dedicated to inspir¬ing and helping veterans wounded physically or