• SERE hosts refresher course on water-survival

    Survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists with the 3rd Operations Support Squadron conduct a water-survival refresher course for pilots and aircrew at the Elmendorf Fitness Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 20, 2018.

  • Secure Messaging makes communicating with your Air Force doctor simple

    In today’s connected world, we expect most communication to be convenient and instantaneous. Why should communicating with your health provider be any different? That is why the Air Force Medical Service offers a secure messaging platform for patients and families to communicate safely and quickly

  • Airmen helping Airmen with the AFAF

    The 2018 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign will kick off March 26 and run until May 4, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

  • More sleep possible for Anchorage School District students

    Adolescents today face a widespread chronic health problem: sleep deprivation, according to sleepfoundation.com.Anchorage School District is considering offering more sleep to adolescents, while maximizing learning opportunities for young children, by beginning school days later for high school

  • Future Airmen get taste of BMT, guidance from leadership

    Future Air Force Airmen from across the state of Alaska received a unique opportunity to speak with Air Force Recruiting Service leadership and to get a taste of basic military training in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2018.U.S. Air Force Col. Bob Trayers, AFRS vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt.

  • Get Screened: March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month

    The gastroenterology clinic at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, is encouraging arctic warriors to get screened as part of Colon Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States

  • Trusted Care brought order to chaos after Hurricane Maria

    Soon after hurricanes struck the Caribbean and southern U.S. in the fall of 2017, Air Force medics deployed to the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and brought along their Trusted Care culture to help evacuate patients safely and effectively from the storm ravaged island.