• Elmendorf news, info now available via Twitter

    Regular news stories, blog updates, video links and other information regarding Elmendorf are now available via Twitter. Twitter allows Elmendorf the ability to rapidly disseminate up-to-date news information to followers. Directions on how to receive Elmendorf tweets is available by going to

  • Furnishing Management Office helping Airmen

    The Furnishing Management Office is offering 90-day loaner furniture, appliances for off base military personnel, and long-term furnishing for grades E-1 thru E-5 authorized to live off base. The FMO offers delivery and pick-up for the 90-day loaner furniture and appliances. Issue of long-term

  • Airmen have Home for Holidays

    Holiday dinners are an important time for many people. There are a large number of Airmen on Elmendorf, who will be eating their holiday dinners at the Dinning Facilities, alone in their dorms, or during a hurried break from their shift work. Family celebrations can seem like distant memories for

  • Breast cancer diagnosis: Early detection is key

    Joanne Capozzi hung up the phone, looked at her co-workers and said, "The news isn't good." After two mammograms, a sonogram, an MRI, and a biopsy -- the results had come back. She had breast cancer. "It was like an out of body experience," said Capozzi, wife of retired Col. Rocky Capozzi. "I always

  • 2009 Special Olympics' Alaska Bowling Tournament

    Volunteers are needed for the Nov. 20-22, 2009, Special Olympics' Alaska Bowling Tournament at the Polar Bowl here. Currently there are more than 300 Special Olympics Alaska, athletes, partners and coaches across the state preparing for the bowling tournament. To volunteer download the volunteer

  • H1N1 vaccine information update

    Alaska has received its initial shipment of H1N1 vaccine. It was a small portion of the total vaccine that was projected to arrive in Alaska over the next several weeks. Alaska provided Elmendorf with all of the doses that will be designated for non-active-duty tricare beneficiaries. Elmendorf also

  • City, utilites unveil public communication plan for energy emergency

    Mayor Dan Sullivan today unveiled the communication plan designed to inform the public about a potential energy emergency this winter. The plan is a collaborative effort between the Municipality of Anchorage and regional utility organizations. The "Energy Watch" campaign focuses on actions citizens