• Northern Edge 17 Kicks Off

    Northern Edge 2017 is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all the services, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty,

  • 98th Maintenance Company competes for best platoon

    The 98th Maintenance Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion here hosted a maintenance rodeo wherein each of the company's platoons competed in various professional tasks on the clock. The event was designed to polish professionalism and inspire relationships that could prove invaluable

  • Comanche Paratroopers execute Tactical Foot March

    Soldiers assigned to Comanche Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conducted a 12-mile tactical foot march on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 27, 2017. Foot marches are the

  • Service Members Help Isolated Alaskan Village

    Alaska National Guard soldiers from the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment teamed up with service members from across the Defense Department to participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project in Old Harbor, Alaska.

  • Air Force partners for environmental conservation on Wake Atoll

    A remote atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that few people have likely heard of, Wake Atoll is not only a strategic location for the U.S. Air Force, but also a bird sanctuary, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Marine National Monument and the location of a pristine coral reef that can be

  • POD keeps it fresh

    The Provisions on Demand facility will soon enhance their meal options by cooking meals on location rather than keeping items hot with heat lamps.

  • JBER prepares for National PrepareAthon Day

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is gearing up for National PrepareAthon Day April 30 by providing helpful information and reliable resources to protect oneself in case of a natural disaster.

  • JBER streets cleaned up during Operation Clean Sweep

    “Operation Clean Sweep,” Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s annual cleanup event is scheduled to take place May 1 to 5. During the event, JBER service members and residents will take part in cleaning the entire installation of trash and scattered waste items that have collected over the winter, said

  • Northern Edge 2017

    U.S. Marine Corps FA-18C Hornets with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 from Miramar, Calif., arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, for Exercise Northern Edge, April 24, 2017. Various military aircraft from all services will practice operations, techniques and procedures while