JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — When not wrenching on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for 40 hours a week, one Alaska Army National Guardsman trades in her flight suit for a pair of sneakers and the dance floor. Sgt. Brianna McMillen is a crew chief with 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and has served five […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – U.S. Army Alaska will host a Cold Regions/Military Mountaineering Collaborative Training Event again this year from March 21-24 at the Black Rapids Training Site, home of the Northern Warfare Training Center. This will be a collaborative training event that brings together military professionals from around the […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Residents in and around JBER and Eagle River may hear loud noises created by live-firing of mortars up to 120 millimeters as the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division conducts a mortar range Jan. 7-14. Residents should expect to hear noises intermittently throughout […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE-ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska – Modern Army Combatives trainers here are putting select soldiers from both JBER and Fort Wainwright through their paces this week to select a team to represent U.S. Army Alaska in a Lower 48 tournament next month. Fourteen fighters, two in each of seven weight classes, will […]