• Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • 673d Dental Squadron sparks innovation with new 3D scanner

    Technology and innovation are focal points for the 673d Dental Squadron at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Hospital.By implementing a three dimensional scanner and a fully digital process, the amount of time required to restore a patient’s teeth can be drastically reduced.Every active-duty

  • 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