• Paratroopers from 11th Airborne take part in all-women jump

    U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, await take off on C-17 Globemaster III for an all-women jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 7, 2024. Every member of the operation including jumpers, jumpmasters and air

  • Strengthening and sharing my Lumbee heritage

    In Pembroke, North Carolina, amongst the longleaf pines and swamps, where the dark water of the Lumber River flows, exists a small tribe called the Lumbee. Pembroke is a small town with deep roots of history and heritage. Everybody knows everybody, and if they don’t know you, they know who your

  • Army, Air Force, Arctic Anvil 2019

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 815th Airlift Squadron, aka ‘Flying Jennies,’ with the 327th AS, provided airlift and airdrop support for the U.S. Army’s Joint Forces Exercise Arctic Anvil, Oct. 1 to 6, 2019.

  • PACAF cultivates CE Airmen with ground-breaking RADAS training

    For more than nine days, 12 civil engineer Airmen from several Pacific Air Forces bases recently participated in a secondary operator training course of the newly adopted Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

  • 2017 JBER Military Appreciation Picnic

    Service members, dependents, and Department of Defense civilians attend the Military Appreciation Week picnic at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Buckner Fitness Center fields June 16, 2017. Several organizations came together to provide a variety of family-fun activities such as

  • COMPACAF visits JBER, talks of changing Pacific Theater

    Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Johnson, PACAF command chief, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Feb. 5 to 7, to thank Airmen for their dedication to the command’s mission, and learn about operations and readiness at the