• JBER town hall briefing addresses civilian employees' concerns

    The Joint Base Enterprise hosted four Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson "HR Plan" town hall briefings, two on Oct. 21 and two on 22, at the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base theaters, respectively. The focus of the briefings was to address civilian employees' human resource concerns

  • To the right

    Recently some of the Elmendorf emergency vehicles have had problems with motorists not yielding to the right when the vehicles have their emergency lights on. Most of the 30-35 emergency calls the 3rd Medical Group receive a month take an average of 10 minutes for teams to arrive on scene, said

  • Flash point: Fuels lab answers burning need

    Although the team is small and their job narrow in scope, the 379th Expeditionary Logistics and Readiness Squadron fuels lab holds the lives of servicemembers and the safety of aircraft in their hands. Fuel is a single-point failure commodity, said Staff Sgt. Michael Brady, 379 ELRS fuels lab NCO in

  • Stop loss Airmen eligible for compensation

    Current and former Airmen who were involuntarily held on active duty beyond an approved separation or retirement date as a direct result of stop loss between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, may be eligible for a Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay compensation of $500 for each month they were

  • 3rd Wing's outstanding performer

    This week's 3rd Wing outstanding performer is Airman 1st Class Patrick Bell, 3rd Operations Support Squadron. Bell stood up the Aircrew Flight Equipment Supply Storage Center. In four days, he assembled an industrial shelving system and inventoried over 1,000 aircrew chemical-defense ensembles

  • Elmendorf forms new squadron

    Elmendorf's 3rd Mission Support Squadron and 3rd Services Squadron will be officially merged to form the 3rd Force Support Squadron Oct. 23 at the Susitna Club. On the day of the merger, the 3rd MSS will deactivate and Lt. Col. Rita Snyder will relinquish her command. The 3rd SVS will then be

  • Keating passes PACOM torch to Willard

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided over a change-of-command ceremony here Oct. 19 as Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating passed the U.S. Pacific Command helm to Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard. Willard assumed command of the

  • Airmen wrap up relief efforts in Pacific

    Airmen providing humanitarian assistance following the recent natural disasters in the Pacific have wrapped up their efforts and are returning home, Pacific Air Forces officials here said Oct. 19. The missions began Sept. 30 when Hawaii Air National Guard crews flew two C-17 Globemaster IIIs loaded