• Air Force Major rises up as a Warrior Games medalist

    Air Force Maj. Teresa Sellers, a nurse anesthetist with the 673d Surgical Operations Squadron had her military career planned out. After being assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, she was ready to venture out to her next assignment.  When life throws you a curve ball you have to learn to

  • USAFSAM visits JBER for genome sequence testing

    Two scientists from United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visited the 673d Aerospace Medicine Squadron Public Health Flight at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 24 to 30 to further test genome-sequencing technology.

  • Frozen in time

    Glaciers are essentially ice rivers that flow down mountains through gravitational pull on the weight of repeated snowfalls that eventually freeze and are absorbed into the glacier.One glacier, about 50 miles east of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, has carried an invaluable payload for the past 65

  • New annual Mental Health Assessment requirement begins July 31

    Starting July 31, 2017, Airmen undergoing their annual Periodic Health Assessment may notice something new. A Mental Health Assessment will now be part of every annual PHA, to help ensure that Airmen suffering from undiagnosed mental health issues are referred to the necessary care. Mental health

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • Why Patients Must Fast Before Surgery

    It is 6 a.m. the morning of your scheduled surgery at the hospital on JBER and you wake up starving. The surgical staff has informed you not to eat anything after midnight, but you think a little snack won’t be a problem, right?

  • Groundbreaking construction begins on Fisher House II

    The Fisher House of Alaska hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the Fisher House II June 6, 2017.  Since opening in 2012, the 12-suite Fisher House has been at maximum capacity. As a remedy, the installation commander provided a temporary annex location for an