• MEDIA ADVISORY: JBER Annual Arbor Day Celebration May 18

    On May 18, 2021, JBER will host an Arbor Day Celebration at 10 a.m. outside Aurora Elementary School. During the ceremony, JBER will be presented a Tree City USA award by the State of Alaska Division of Forestry, on behalf of the National Arbor Day Foundation. 

  • Red Flag-Alaska 21-2 scheduled for June

    Red Flag-Alaska 21-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, is scheduled to run from June 10-25.

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: JBER hiring to fill nearly 150 jobs

    The Non-Appropriated Fund Human Resources Office is seeking employees to fill nearly 150 positions at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in the coming weeks. Full-time, part-time, flexible and seasonal NAF positions are available in a variety of career fields to include; hospitality, recreation, food

  • JBER begins Polar Force exercise March 29

    March 29 signals the beginning of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s bi-annual Polar Force mission readiness exercise.People who live and work on or near the installation may notice increased air traffic, emergency vehicle activity, sirens, loudspeaker announcements, alert notifications and longer

  • JBER commander declares end of public health emergency

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson installation commander has rescinded the Public Health Emergency (PHE) originally declared on Nov. 9. Because of the steady reduction in community transmission of COVID and maintained medical capability and sufficient

  • JBER receives COVID-19 vaccine and begins inoculations

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – As 2020 draws to a close, staff with the 673d Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, are vaccinating healthcare workers and other critical JBER personnel to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.The installation’s first batch of Pfizer’s COVID-19