April 22, 2019 JBER gates boast big changes during 2019-20 construction seasons In order to expand on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s current safety and security measures at its first line of defense, its gates, construction is scheduled to take place throughout the summer months of 2019 and 2020.
April 17, 2019 Arctic Warrior Chiefs' Choice Award Winner of the Month - April 2019 SSgt Kyle Swiderski was selected as the April 2019 Chiefs' Group Choice Award winner.
April 17, 2019 Base Commander reads at the CDC in honor of The Month of the Military Child “Blork” and “bluurf” are definitely not words, but they were part of the base commander’s vocabulary, April 8, 2019, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
April 11, 2019 JBER celebrates Alaska Military Youth of the Year For more than two decades, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America have partnered with the Department of Defense to sponsor the Military Youth of the Year competition, which recognizes high school students based on their merits of leadership, service and academic excellence.
April 11, 2019 773d LRS innovates with driving simulator Personnel with the 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation section recently installed a driving simulator to further innovation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
April 10, 2019 JBER, 3rd Wing reception provides resources to Tyndall AFB Airmen The 3rd Wing and 673d Air Base Wing, along with numerous volunteers and helping agencies, provided resources during a welcome reception on April 8, for inbound Tyndall Air Force Base Airmen and families being stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
April 10, 2019 Doing it all in JBER’s backyard Usually the odd man out is something no one wants to be, but the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron owns their exclusivity. With a mission that goes beyond their host installation, they are like no other CES within the Air Force.
April 10, 2019 Through it all: One Tyndall AFB family’s story “The Air Force is telling me, ‘Stay away, don’t come back,’” said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jordan Masingale. “We just kept thinking, why? It’s not going to be that bad. Why are we evacuating? It’s only supposed to be a Category 2 storm.”
April 5, 2019 Polar Force comes to a close, with valuable lessons for the future Exercise Polar Force 19-4 has come to an end as Airmen from units across Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson applied their expertise to a variety of mission scenarios.
April 2, 2019 First corneal transplant performed at JBER Hospital Patients with a common eye disease now have alternatives as the 673d Surgical Squadron and Ophthalmology team advanced their skills and performed their first corneal transplant February 27, 2019, at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Hospital.