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Admiral Visits Cordova as Part of Navy's Arctic Expeditionary Exercise

Sept. 16, 2019

Admiral Visits Cordova as Part of Navy's Arctic Expeditionary Exercise

CORDOVA, Alaska — Rear Adm. Scott Gray, commander of Navy Region Northwest, visited Cordova Sept. 13 and 14 while in Alaska for an Arctic expeditionary exercise.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tamala Hartz, Air Force security forces career field manager, talks to 673d Security Forces Squadron Airmen during a Defender Performance Optimization summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 11, 2019. Hartz visited JBER to receive feedback on recent changes and to see the 673d SFS’s innovation initiatives.

Sept. 16, 2019

Security Forces Career Field Manager visits JBER

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tamala Hartz, Air Force security forces career field manager, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 9-12 to gather insight on how the security forces mission is accomplished and to get feedback on impacts to the career field.

The map shows areas affected by Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Bird Air Strike Hazard’s project to remove wildlife-attracting trees in BASH zones on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Having fruit trees near runways negatively impacts mission readiness because the trees attract birds, which increases the risk of bird strikes to aircraft.

Sept. 11, 2019

JBER's BASH program uses tree removal project

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Bird Air Strike Hazard program is reducing the flight safety risk to aircraft, aircrew and passengers with a project to remove wildlife-attracting trees in the BASH and wildlife exclusion zones.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Diamond Cookson, 673d Force Support Squadron commander, speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony held for new distinguished visitors’ quarters on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska September 6, 2019. The new quarters are the result of a renovation project consisting of demolishing eight visitors’ quarters on the first floor of the Northern Lights Inn and replacing them with four larger business suites for distinguished visitors.

Sept. 11, 2019

JBER holds ribbon-cutting ceremony for new DV quarters

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 673d Force Support Squadron held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for new distinguished visitor’ suites Sept. 6, 2019 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Logistics Airmen from the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group, Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, compare cargo manifests on the first day of Air Mobility Command’s Mobility Guardian 2019 exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 8, 2019. Exercise Mobility Guardian is AMCs premier, large-scale mobility exercise during which more than 2,500 Air Mobility Airmen will participate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Lackey) (Badge details removed in post-processing for operational safety and security)

Sept. 9, 2019

Mobility Guardian 2019 kicks-off at Fairchild

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. — Mobility Guardian 2019, Air Mobility Command’s premier exercise hosted by the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings, kicked-off at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 8.

Army Pfc. Gregory Williams, a native of San Diego, assigned to the 98th Support Maintenance Company, 17th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, scans his sector of fire with an M2 machine gun while training with the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 5, 2019. The RVTT provides Soldiers the opportunity to shoot, move, and communicate while mounted in a virtual and controlled environment while taking advantage of customizable exercise scenarios tailored to their unit specific training objectives. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)

Sept. 6, 2019

98th SMC conducts convoy training

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Ak — The 98th Support Maintenance Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska, conducted convoy training using the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer Sept. 4, 2019 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Sept. 5, 2019

Navy, Marine Corps Conduct Arctic Exercise in Alaska

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) — About 3,000 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel are participating in Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019 in the Aleutian Islands, South Central Alaska and Southern California Sept. 1-28.

Sept. 5, 2019

JBER prepares for 2019 Combined Federal Campaign

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — This year’s Combined Federal Campaign is scheduled to kick off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 30.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, North American Aerospace Defense Command; commander, Alaskan Command, U.S. Northern Command; and commander, 11th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, speaks on the honor of receiving the Alaska Native names during an Alaska Native naming ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 28, 2019. The Alaska Federation of Natives hosted the event honoring Bussiere for his service and his active engagement with the Alaska Native community during his tenure in Alaska. The naming ceremony is based on the traditional belief that a person’s name is the type of soul they possess. The ceremony showcased the bond between the Alaska Native community and the military in Alaska.

Sept. 4, 2019

11th Air Force commander honored during Alaska Native naming ceremony

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Federation of Natives hosted a naming ceremony honoring U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas Bussiere for his service and active engagement with the Alaska Native community on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 28, 2019.

An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk, from the 210th Rescue Squadron, performs a simulated search and rescue pattern in Alaska. The 210th Rescue Squadron is part of a network of search-and-rescue organizations that save hundreds of lives in and around Alaska every year.

Sept. 3, 2019

Alaska Air Guard rescues pilot, passenger near Tyonek

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued the pilot of a PA-18 aircraft and a passenger Sept. 1 after the plane crashed in the vicinity of the Beluga bench about 28 miles northwest of Tyonek.

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