• Commentary: Avoid burnout with work-life integration

    A recent survey reported 95 percent of military members consider burnout to be the leading cause of separation and retirement. Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion and feelings of workplace failure that occurs in response to chronic exposure to occupational stressors.

  • 55th Operations Group establishes new detachment in Alaska

    In an effort to respond more quickly to long standing and ever-increasing combatant command and national intelligence requirements in the Indo-Pacific region, the 55th Operations Group Detachment 1 was recently established at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.The new detachment will initially serve as

  • Minot Airmen perform ACE concepts at JBER

    A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Bomb Squadron from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, takes off in support of a bomber Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 14, 2023. ACE enables convergence across domains, presenting an adversary with

  • Cutting-edge pilot training center coming to JBER

    A three-day conference for the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center took place at the Arctic Warrior Event Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson June 27 through 29, 2023.This training center, the first of its kind capable of joint- and multinational-force training, is expected to begin

  • 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen hone mountaineering skills in Alaska

    U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialists with Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, conduct mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, June 30, 2023. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaska’s varied and austere terrain to hone their mountaineering skills

  • EOD Flight Protects Alaska

    Members of the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight recently responded to a potential unexploded ordnance at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 30, 2023.

  • Military pays for Alaska service members' flights home

    Service members assigned to Alaska duty stations can take a military-paid flight home, according to a recent Department of Defense policy change. Per the June 1 update to the Joint Travel Regulations, eligible Alaska service members can be reimbursed for the cost of one round-trip airfare from their

  • The 773d finishes their first year with accolades and momentum

    The 773d Force Support Squadron celebrated its one-year anniversary on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 22, 2023. The 773d FSS, responsible for the JBER Life! program, has accomplished much since its separation from the 673d Force Support Squadron, said Joseph Dyson, director of the