• Elmendorf preps for compliance validation inspection

    Elmendorf network users can expect computer delays during the upcoming weeks due to the preparation of the Enhanced Compliance Validation inspection July 27-31.This compliance validation is a Defense Information System Agency inspection that will ensure the base is following network security

  • Chief of Staff engages with Elmendorf Airmen

    The Air Force's top uniformed member spent time with the men and women of Elmendorf Air Force Base July 6. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz received mission briefings from Col. Thomas Bergeson, 3rd Wing Commander, visited of the 3rd Wing's hospital and stopped in at Hangar 1 to

  • MSS, Services to merge into FSS

    The 3rd Services Squadron and the 3rd Mission Support Squadron will merge during an official ceremony at 11 a.m. Oct. 23 at the Susitna Club. Lt. Col. Derek Contreras, current 3rd SVS commander, will become Elmendorf's first 3rd Force Support Squadron commander. "I am excited to be involved in this

  • JBER: CE, Public Works to merge

    Everyone is starting to learn about Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson combining to a single military installation. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, or JBER, officially stands up October 2010, however there are many questions that must be answered before that time. One question being asked

  • Cases of H1N1 found at Elmendorf

    The Alaska State Public Health Laboratory and Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Laboratory have confirmed three cases of H1N1 influenza virus in the Elmendorf community. The patients did not require hospitalization and have made full recoveries. With more 70 cases of H1N1 flu in the Anchorage

  • Action Line: Tourist thanks Chenega guards

    I just wanted to take the time to compliment you and your front gate security staff. I am an aircraft mechanic for an airline in Tulsa, Okla. I was on vacation to Anchorage, Alaska, for the first time June 3, 2009, and was trying to drive to Denali National Park from Anchorage. I got myself lost in

  • MPF scheduling changes

    The Military Personnel Flight is changing from an all-day walk in basis to an appointment basis for both the career development and force management sections that will go into effect July 6 due to cuts in personnel attributed to both PSD and PBD-720. Walk-ins are allowed from 7:30-11 a.m. daily;

  • Computer software training

    A Pacific Air Forces team will visit Elmendorf July 7-16 to showcase the capabilities of the Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Server used across the Major Command.Their purpose is two-fold. First, they will offer training to Arctic Warriors on web-based capabilities that include setting up a virtual