• Arctic Warriors welcome new commander

    Arctic warriors and civic leaders from surrounding communities welcomed the fourth commander of the 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 11.Air Force Col. George “Dutch” Dietrich III took command from Col. Brian Bruckbauer during a change-of-command ceremony officiated by Air

  • AWAAC hosted first Spoken Word Night at JBER

    The Arctic Warrior Airmen’s Advisory Council hosted the first Spoken Word Night at the Permafrost Pub for poets to speak their mind at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, July 8.

  • Fishing in Alaska

    The first Introduction To Fishing class was hosted by the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Outdoor Adventure Program at JBER’s Otter Lake, June 23, 2016.Service members, dependents, and Department of Defense ID card holders learned about a variety of fishing equipment and techniques including

  • ORC offers ATV safety course

    An all-terrain vehicle instructor with the Outdoor Adventure Program, guides students to a stop during an ATV safety course at the Hillberg Ski Resort at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, June 29, 2016. During the class students learned to properly start, stop, turn, swerve, ride over obstacles and

  • 673d Security Forces Squadron conducts high risk response training

    Security forces personnel, assigned to the 673d Security Forces Squadron, rush to breach a building while conducting high risk response training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 29, 2016. High risk response training provides security forces personnel an intensive, hands-on course

  • Living with wildlife: Bear edition

    The vandal climbed into the back seat of a local family’s car as they cast their fishing rods at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Hillberg Lake.With a perceived viciousness – possibly fueled by hunger – the miscreant, a local black bear, clawed at the vehicle’s interior. Enter Erica McDaniel, a

  • Recreational Safety

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s location offers a variety of summer activities. Right outside the Government Hill gate, Ship Creek offers some of the most popular salmon fishing in town, to find out more information on fishing opportunities in the Anchorage area, contact Outdoor Recreation at

  • Ready Warrior Competition

    Army Pfc. Richard Burger, a native of Independence, Mo., assigned to the 574th Quartermaster Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, runs through smoke marking a simulated casualty extraction point on a Situation Exercise Training lane during the Ready Warrior

  • New inflatable kayaking trips available through OAP

    The Outdoor Adventure Program has introduced inflatable kayaking as the newest addition to the multiple trips they offer every summer at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.“This year, we are expanding our program with another new experience,” said Karl Lavtar, OAP inflatable kayaking lead