• MEDIA ADVISORY: Wildland Fire Chainsaw Class set for March 28

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Fire and Emergency Services and Wildland Fire Support will host a wildland fire chainsaw class March 28 through 30 to train firefighters in the safe use of chainsaws for removing dead trees during a wildfire.

  • Army announces major upcoming Alaska exercise

    The 11th Airborne Division’s annual regional combat training center exercise, Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02, is set to begin March 27 and continue through April 5, with military vehicles and personnel moving between Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: JBER holiday tree lighting Nov. 30

    On Wednesday, Nov. 30, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will host its annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony.This free event, open to all Department of Defense ID cardholders, begins at 4 p.m. and ends with the lighting of the tree outside Building 1 at approximately 6:30 p.m. The ceremony is a way to

  • JBER to conduct emergency-response exercise Oct. 19 and 20

    First responders and other Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel will conduct an emergency-response exercise Oct. 19 and 20.The exercise tests capabilities of security, fire, medical, explosive ordnance disposal, communications, and other JBER personnel.

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: JBER Annual Snow Parade Oct. 3

    To mark the coming winter season, the 773d Civil Engineer Squadron snow control team’s annual parade of snow-removal vehicles will be Oct. 3 at 11 a.m., at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.