• JBER celebrates Police Week

    In 1962, then President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which made May 15 Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which it fell as Police Week.At Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a week-long celebration is scheduled to kick off May 15, with local defenders calling jodies in a formation

  • AAFES generates $880k for JBER MWR programs

    Ray Stewart III, the general manager for the Southern Alaska Exchange presented Air Force Col. George T.M. Dietrich III, 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commander, a check for $882,383 at the community action council, May 11. Soldiers, Airmen and families who shopped and dined

  • Buckner hosts Combat Cross Country Trail Run

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson service members participate in the Combat Cross Country Trail Run at Otter Lake, JBER, Alaska, May 5, 2017. During the event, nine teams of five ran approximately three miles around the lake with 35-pound ruck-sacks. The team representing the 4th Quartermaster

  • Army band performs, inspires at Sonic Boom

    U.S. Army Alaska’s 9th Army Band performed alongside more than 2,000 Anchorage School District sixth-graders at Sonic Boom, the crescendo of the students’ first year of band and orchestra education, May 4 at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.Sonic Boom is the largest concert of its kind in the nation

  • Caution: Painters on the roads

    The snow has melted and the ice is gone - and so have the markings on the road. Anyone who has been stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson after a spring breakup knows what is coming next…the paint truck and the paint crew.In rare circumstances JBER motorists may find themselves trapped behind

  • Partial Hospitalization Program

    The JBER Hospital Mental Health Flight and Behavioral Health Unit recently added an outpatient program interaction class called the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) on Feb. 1, 2017, as another resource for patients who are considered at high risk of harming themselves or others or are

  • 67th Maintenance Keeps the Eagles in the Air

    Fighter planes, they're all glamour, thrust, being inverted and huge amounts of swag, right?Few people consider the small army of logisticians and maintainers who work quietly behind the scenes to keep these beasts topped up on fuel and ammunition, and in good working order.

  • Tankers essential to keeping NE17 aircraft flying

    Exercise Northern Edge 2017 highlights the interoperability of the most advanced fighter aircrafts in the United States arsenal, the F-22 Raptor and F-35B Lightning II. These fifth generation aircraft are a sight to behold, with their sleek edges and smooth curves. One can easily get caught up in