• Innovation in the Operating Room

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Nick Lents, a 673d Surgical Operations Squadron nurse, identified a problem with the bed design in operating rooms that could made it difficult to apply safety restraints. Working with the Artic Spark team, they developed a 3D-printed part that would help support the restraints

  • 39th Airlift Squadron takes to the skies during RED FLAG-Alaska

    The 39th Airlift Squadron, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, conducts a training sortie during RED FLAG-Alaska 21-3. RF-A 21-3 is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment. A series of commander-directed field training exercises

  • Anchorage MEPS recruits Alaska’s first U.S. Space Force member

    U.S. Army Capt. Jesse Ferguson, Anchorage Military Entrance Processing Station operations officer, swore in Ethan Groves as Alaska’s first recruited U.S. Space Force Guardian May 3, placing the recruit on a direct path to Basic Military Training and marking another milestone in the new service’s

  • Meet JBER's newest advocate

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson welcomed a new advocate to the installation in support of military families, privatized housing, and installation leadership in February.

  • School season returns to JBER

    As the weather cools off and summer begins to wind down, back to school season enters full swing on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, bringing with it a host of important safety updates across the installation.

  • 673d Dental Squadron hosts the Federal Services Dental Meeting

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s 673d Dental Squadron hosted the 32nd Annual Federal Services Dental Meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at JBER, Alaska, Aug. 5, 2021. The Alaska Federal Services Dental Meeting is a long-standing tradition of education and fellowship between the Uniform

  • U.S. Army Alaska paratroopers conduct M240B live-fire training

    U.S. Army Alaska combat engineers assigned to the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conducted M240B live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 3, 2021.