HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER – U.S. Army Alaska welcomed home about 125 soldiers from the 109th Transportation Company Dec. 1 at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center here. The “Muleskinners” of the 109th deployed to Kuwait in March. This deployment was the 109th’s sixth since 2003, but the first to Kuwait. The unit previously deployed […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER – Residents in and around the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson area may hear loud booms as Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment conduct live-fire training with 105mm howitzers. The range is schedule to operate between noon and 4 p.m., Nov. 22. Approximately 20 rounds will be […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today announced that Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) has been selected as a new site to offer creative art therapy for service members, veterans, and their families. The program, the Military Healing Arts, is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Department of […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — His boat swamped, a nasty Western Alaska storm taking hold, and hypothermia rapidly setting in, a stranded boater needed a lifeline – and fast. The man had attempted an ill-fated odyssey from Dillingham to Togiak – 68 miles apart by air – in nothing more than a skiff. Alaska, via […]