• Warrior-Ready: redefining first sergeant leadership

    “My job is people -- everyone is my business. I dedicate my time and energy to their needs; their health, morale, discipline and welfare. I grow in strength by strengthening my people. My job is done in faith; my people-built faith. The Air Force is my life; I share it with my people. I believe in

  • Iditarod dining facility reopens to JBER personnel

    (From left) U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Veronica Hoskinson, 673d Force Support Squadron commander, Airman 1st Class Adeline Amidon, a food service apprentice assigned to the 673d FSS, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Brandy, 673d FSS senior enlisted leader, cut a ribbon symbolizing an improved Iditarod

  • JBER named top military testing center

    Recently, the College Level Examination Program published its annual list of the top military test centers with the University of Anchorage Alaska ranking in the top 20. This was a collective effort between UAA and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Education Center to encourage members to take the

  • Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

    Members of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team host an open house for for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel during Sexual Assualt Awareness and Prevention Month at JBER, Alaska, April 3. The U.S. Department of Defense recognizes April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention

  • JBER hosts landing zone safety course to boost pacific readiness

    Landing Zone Safety Officer training took center stage last week on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as personnel from across the installation took part in a multi-day course designed to certify them in the critical task of securing and preparing improvised landing zones for aircraft in austere

  • JBER honors Holy Week with installation-wide services

    Service members, families and civilians at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson gathered the week of March 24 though 31 to observe Holy Week, a period of deep spiritual reflection and celebration in the Christian faith that concludes with Easter Sunday.

  • Pacific leadership ensures JBER stays spiritually ready

    Military chaplaincy was established in 1775 by the Continental Congress, instating the first U.S. Army chaplain. Later, the National Security Act made the U.S. Air Force a separate branch and thus created the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps. The Chaplain Corps is focused on providing religious support

  • The Iditarod is reopening; how will it affect your pay?

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — With the grand reopening of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Iditarod Dining Facility, Basic Allowance for Sustenance II will discontinue for dorm residents as soon as early May.

  • From winter to summer road ready

    With no appreciable snow forecast for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, multiple agencies are shifting focus from winter maintenance to preparing roads for safer summer driving conditions.