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  • Senior Airmen Chris O'Brien, an Arctic Reservist with the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron carries the flag in a formation run in honor of 9/11 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The 24-hour run was sponsored by the Arnold Air Society from the University of Alaska at Anchorage.

    Run for remembrance

    The solemnity of 9/11 was echoed on base here with a remembrance run hosted by the Arnold Air Society detachment from the University of Alaska at Anchorage.Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Chris O'Brien was one of more than 40 volunteers that ran a loop around the base carrying the US flag in tribute to the heroes and victims of the 9/11 tragedy on
  • BECKLEY, W. Va., -- Arctic Reservist Staff Sgt. Jean Bartness, 477th Civil Engineer Squadron, accepts a delivery of rock she will haul around the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, future home of the National Boy Scout Jamboree. Twenty two Air Force Reservists from Alaska went to the site to break ground on the project which will take nearly two years to complete (Air Force Photo/Maj. Lisa Reaver)

    Arctic Reserve engineers team with Soldiers, Sailors to break ground for Boy Scout site

    Arctic Reservists from the 477th Fighter Group recently returned from an historic training mission supporting Joint Task Force - Summit, laying the foundation for the future home of the National Boy Scout Jamboree here.During their two-week annual training mission in Beckley, 22 Air Force Reservists combined efforts with Navy Reserve Seabees and
  • Luke Air Force Base Honor Guard Members post the Colors at the beginning of the western regional Yellow Ribbon Event, May 14-15 at the Tempe Mission Palms Resort in Tempe, Ariz. The event provided Reservists, Guardsmen and their families with information and tools necessary for successful deployments. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Erin Smith)

    Yellow Ribbon provides service members, families tools for success

    Service members and their families received tools necessary for successful deployments during the western regional Yellow Ribbon event held at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Ariz., May 14-15.The event was referred to as a purple event, as it included Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and Army National Guard members. It was designed for
  • Tech. Sgt. Teo Mejaperatla, a Reservist with the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron, de-limbs a tree before it is shipped off to make into lumber during construction of the Boy Scout Jamboree site. Twenty-two Arctic Reservists traveled to Beckley, W. Va. to begin work on a 10,600 acre site. (Photo by Master Sgt. Brede Emtman)

    Arctic Reservists begin work on Boy Scout Jamboree site

    Arctic Reservists assigned to the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron recently arrived in Beckley, W. Va. to begin work on a 10,600 acre National Scout Jamboree site as a part of Joint Task Force Summit. Over the next two weeks, 22 Reserve civil engineers will clear trees and install silt fences on the site that will also serve as the location for a
  • Chaplain (Maj.) Patrick Travers has been awarded Air Force Reserve Command’s Chaplain Individual Award for Excellence. His accomplishments that led to him winning this award were volunteering for a third unsolicited seven month deployment, constructing the chapel service program for the newly activated 477th Fighter Group from scratch, and completing 12 hours of legal education classes to maintain his attorney license.(Photo by Maj.Lisa Reaver)

    477th FG Chaplain receives AFRC Award for Excellence

    Chaplain (Maj.) Patrick Travers was awarded the Air Force Reserve Command's Chaplain Individual Award for Excellence during a ceremony May 3 in Denver, Colo."I was honored to receive this award, knowing that so many other Air Force Reserve chaplains had so many great achievements during 2010," said Chaplain Travers. "I hope and pray that this award
  • Colonel Mark Clemens, passes the unit guidon to the new Commander, Colonel Bryan Radliff at an assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Apr 15.

    Radliff assumes command of 477th Fighter Group

    Air Force Col. Bryan P. Radliff took the reins of 477th Fighter Group in an assumption-of-command ceremony, April 15, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Hangar 1. As his first action as group commander, Radliff rounded out the ceremony when he administered the oath of enlistment to nine new Air Force reservists who attended the event. Radliff

  • Christmas Tree and Firewood Permits

    Christmas Tree and Firewood Permits are currently being issued free of charge at the JBER-Elmendorf Wildlife Education Center at 8481 19th Street to Military, Retired Military and DoD ID Card Holders. Permittees are limited to 1 Christmas Tree and 3 cords of wood per fiscal year. Maps of authorized cutting areas are provided at the time the permit

  • Select CDCs become available online

    Airmen in select career fields can now complete their career development courses through Air University's AU Online website -- a derivative website of Air Education and Training Command's Advanced Distributed Learning System -- that provides course access from work or home computers.Electronic CDCs for select career fields were made available Nov.

  • Guardsmen, Reservists can nominate employers for awards

    Reserve-component servicemembers still have time to nominate their employers for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The award is the Defense Department's highest honor for employers who provide exceptional support for employees who serve in the National Guard or reserves.They also can nominate their employers any time for
  • Members of the 447th Aerospace Medical Flight earned the Air Force Reserve Command Team Aerospace Award for their outstanding work during fiscal year 2009.

    477th Aerospace Medical Flight earns AFRC award

    Members of the 477th Aerospace Medical Flight earned the Team Aerospace Award from Air Force Reserve Command. Col. Stephen Baker, Commander of the 477th AMDF, accepted the award from the AFRC Command Surgeon Col. Brian Masterson and the AF Deputy Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Byron Hepburn. "It was exhilarating to be presented this award by the
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