• JBER celebrates Arbor Day

    Members of the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s local Boy Scout Troop 190, Cub Scout Troop 110, and Girl Scout Troop 700 hosted two tree-planting ceremonies in honor of Alaska’s Arbor Day May 12 and 15.The Arbor Day ceremonies also helped celebrated JBER’s 20th year

  • Aircraft structural maintenance Airman keeps aircraft safe

    Instead of saving lives manually blowing up daisy-chained artillery rounds on the side of a road, Airman 1st Class Lukas Johnson said he is equally happy saving lives defusing potential structural problems that could cause a catastrophic failure in flight.

  • JBER celebrates Police Week

    In 1962, then President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which made May 15 Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which it fell as Police Week.At Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a week-long celebration is scheduled to kick off May 15, with local defenders calling jodies in a formation

  • AAFES generates $880k for JBER MWR programs

    Ray Stewart III, the general manager for the Southern Alaska Exchange presented Air Force Col. George T.M. Dietrich III, 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commander, a check for $882,383 at the community action council, May 11. Soldiers, Airmen and families who shopped and dined

  • Buckner hosts Combat Cross Country Trail Run

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson service members participate in the Combat Cross Country Trail Run at Otter Lake, JBER, Alaska, May 5, 2017. During the event, nine teams of five ran approximately three miles around the lake with 35-pound ruck-sacks. The team representing the 4th Quartermaster

  • Job shadowing program

    The JBER School Liaison Office hosted a job shadowing program allowing high school students to explore a career field, May 4, 2017. More than 25 students from Eagle River and Bartlett High schools participated in this program, along with five job hosts from across JBER to introduce the students to a

  • Army band performs, inspires at Sonic Boom

    U.S. Army Alaska’s 9th Army Band performed alongside more than 2,000 Anchorage School District sixth-graders at Sonic Boom, the crescendo of the students’ first year of band and orchestra education, May 4 at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.Sonic Boom is the largest concert of its kind in the nation

  • Caution: Painters on the roads

    The snow has melted and the ice is gone - and so have the markings on the road. Anyone who has been stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson after a spring breakup knows what is coming next…the paint truck and the paint crew.In rare circumstances JBER motorists may find themselves trapped behind