April 9, 2020 - Commissaries are requiring some form of face covering for store employees and customers to enter a commissary.

April 9, 2020 - In order to further protect the health and safety of our technicians, our customers, and the community, the MPF has been authorized to implement several exemptions pertaining to CAC/ID and DEERS.

April 7, 2020 - JBER personnel and families are not expected to wear a mask at all times while on the installation. If you are able to maintain the social/physical distancing guidance, you do not require a face covering. If the duties of your mission or nature of your business (e.g., shopping at the commissary) requires you to be within 6 feet of other individuals, then a cloth face covering is necessary.

April 3, 2020 - Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel have incorporated protective measures to ensure essential missions continue. U.S. Air Force Col. Patricia Csànk, JBER and 673d Air Base Wing commander, declared a Public Health Emergency, March 22, 2020, and directed Health Protection Condition (HPCON) CHARLIE for the foreseeable future. HPCON CHARLIE is defined as an elevated risk of sustained community transmission.

March 17, 2020 - By order of U.S. Air Force Col. Patricia Csànk, 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commander, JBER will transition to HPCON BRAVO measures throughout the day and will attain full implementation no later than 9 a.m., March 18.

March 11, 2020 - It was a routine traffic stop at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, because a driver’s vehicle registration was expired. However, the security forces specialist was having trouble communicating with the driver because the driver didn’t speak much English, but she did speak Spanish. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ramses Alfonso, 673d Security Forces Squadron lead patrolman and native of Cardenas, Cuba, got a call to assist and interpret. He said the driver was relieved to talk to someone in Spanish, and explained she was here from Colombia on a work visa. Ramses was able to easily sort out the situation and contact the woman’s sponsor on base.

March 5, 2020 - Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conducted weapons qualification with M-4 carbine on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 3, 2020.

April 9, 2020 - The Defense Department is doing a lot to combat the spread of COVID-19 across the nation, but its primary mission — the defense of the nation and its interests — continues unabated, Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist said.

April 9, 2020 - The Defense Department has provided medical equipment to federal agencies in need, and its scientists and medical professionals are working with the private sector to develop a vaccine, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said.

April 9, 2020 - More than 28,000 National Guardsmen are working with federal and state officials in communities across America supporting the fight against the coronavirus.

April 8, 2020 - The Defense Department's medical apparatus is operating across the country to bring its expertise and capacity to bear against the coronavirus pandemic.

April 8, 2020 - Army Corps of Engineers personnel are assessing or building structures for both non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 hospitals at the request of mayors and governors from multiple states and territories.