• Deployed Spouses Program assists those who serve

    For more than five years, Aurora Military Housing staff at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson have supported the spouses of deployed service members with the Deployed Spouses Program.The program, designed for spouses of active duty service members who are deployed or on a temporary duty assignment for

  • 673d AMDS supports 4/25 IBCT FTX

    Two Air Force staff sergeants from the 673d Aerospace Medical Squadron went above and beyond their duties during the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division’s Operation Spartan Cerberus in October 2016.

  • Blend into a new retirement system

    The Department of Defense recently announced they will implement significant changes to the current military retirement system in 2018 with the introduction of its new plan, the Blended Retirement System.

  • Airman's first and last great race

    “I really couldn’t do the Iditarod any other year,” said an Air Force lieutenant colonel born in California and raised in Birkenhead, England.Lt. Col. Roger Lee has trained for the past three years, taking leave and flying to Alaska from his past duty locations to complete the qualifiers and sign up

  • Hercules Farewell

    On the bright, chilly morning of March 5, a small crowd of onlookers and well-wishers listened to the sound of the Alaska Air National Guard's C-130H Hercules turboprops recede into the distance for the last time.The wing's divesture of the last of the 144th Airlift Squadron's C-130s marks a sea

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race starts March 4

    All are invited to cheer on mushers as they are propelled on canine-powered sleds at the ceremonial start to the 45th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, at 10 a.m. March 4. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:30 at the corner of 4th Ave. and D Street.For 11 miles, more than 1,150 dogs will pull 72

  • Heavy weapons paratroopers conduct machine gun live-fire training

    Paratroopers assigned to Dog Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and Delaware Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct machine gun live-fire training at Grezelka

  • Heads-up! March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

    March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, personnel from the Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at the JBER hospital will be visiting various locations to increase awareness of TBIs, ensuring people know the signs and symptoms, and know how and where to get help. A TBI

  • What to do during Spring Break?

    In a couple of weeks, children will take a one-week break from school. Students from kindergarten to high school will officially have spring break March 13 -17.   The JBER youth centers will provide a wide variety of activities for children to get involved in. The Kennecott and Two Rivers Youth