• Tropic Tundra 2025: Strengthening multi-capable Airmen tactics

    Exercise Tropic Tundra concluded for the year at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 6. Airmen assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing conducted simulated agile combat employment tactics to strengthen multi-capable Airmen capabilities.

  • Tropic Tundra 2025

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Blaine Redman, generator noncommissioned officer in charge assigned to the 773d Civil Engineer Squadron , participates in Exercise Tropic Tundra in a remote location in Alaska, May 30, 2025. Airmen assigned to the 673d Air Base Wing and 3rd Wing came together to form the

  • JBER wins prestigious commissary award

    The Defense Commissary Agency announced the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Commissary as the first-place winner of the Director’s Award for fiscal year 2024’s “Best Commissary Award.”

  • JBER proposes mortar, artillery training site

    Members from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations and Management and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hosted a public hearing for the environmental impact of a proposed mortar and artillery training (PMART) site in Eagle River, Alaska, May 22.

  • Strategic integration, deterrence take center stage in Bamboo Eagle

    As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-scale exercise designed to refine the command-and-control capabilities needed for the future fight. Held this

  • The art of planning multilateral exercises

    If you’ve spent time with the military – whether in uniform or not – you’ve probably participated in an exercise or six. The ships sail, the aircraft fly, the ground forces seize territory, and days later everyone evaluates how things went.But while the exercise lasts a week or two, the planning and

  • Anchorage Remembers Memorial Day

    Families of fallen service members pay their respects at the Anchorage Remembers Memorial Day Ceremony at Delaney Park, Anchorage, Alaska on May 26, 2025. Memorial Day is an annual observance dedicated to honoring and remembering all military personnel who have given their lives serving our nation.

  • National Police Week

    Service members and civilians assigned to the 673d Security Forces Squadron host a parade for the families on the installation during National Police Week at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 14. National Police Week was initiated by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and is dedicated to