Story by Airman Mary Murray | 354th Fighter Wing | 08.26.2025
The 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron reached its 1,000th day of performing their primary mission to provide aerospace control for homeland defense missions in the Alaskan Theater of Operations (AKTO), Aug. 26. After changing from an Aggressor Squadron to a FIS in February 2024, the 18th FIS remained ready and reinforced their commitment to support the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense......
Story by Senior Airman Jordan Smith | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 04.25.2021
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska--She pulls her car into the parking lot. The sun lights the sky with warm, sunrise hues. The smell of freshly brewed coffee lingers in the air. It’s early morning and Mikhaila Brown is just getting off her last night shift of the week, ready to enjoy a steaming cup of joe and relax for the weekend....
Story by Sgt. Seth LaCount | Alaska National Guard | 10.02.2020
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The renowned innovation strategist Max McKeown described adaptability as “the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.” McKeown’s words highlight the necessity of intentional, proactive leadership. The winds of change can transform into progress in the hands of driven, equipped leaders....
Story by Airman 1st Class Gage Daniel | 27th Special Operations Wing | 10.23.2019
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Editor's Note: (This is the first part of a series documenting Cannon’s elite Combat Training Element team who challenge and push our Airmen to adapt and overcome with their cutting edge prototype technology and weaponry)...
Story by Sarah Jacobs and Sarah Lobos | Army Chemical Materials Activity | 05.29.2019
The call comes in to the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate (CMA RCMD): a munition, possibly filled with chemical agent, has been recovered near an old chemical weapons burial site at a U.S. military installation. The RCMD response to assess and possibly destroy the munition is categorized as “unplanned,” but there is nothing unplanned about......
Story by Sarah Lobos | Army Chemical Materials Activity | 01.09.2019
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) recently returned to Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA), Ark., for its second mission to destroy recovered chemical warfare materiel (RCWM). Starting December 2018, CMA’s Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate (RCMD) is using its transportable Explosive Destruction System, or EDS, to neutralize chemical warfare materiel recovered during environmental......
Story by Spc. Michael Risinger | 134th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.05.2018
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 297th Signal Company, Alaska Army National Guard, deactivated during an Aug. 5 ceremony at the Alaska National Guard Armory here....
Story by Senior Airman Curt Beach | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 04.16.2018
Breathing heavily and hands shaking, a Soldier squeezes the trigger, and a round fires from the chamber of his M2010 rifle. His fellow sniper tracks the round’s path with a spotting scope, as it pierces the brisk Alaska air before connecting with a seven-by-seven-inch target, dead-center more than 700 meters away....
