• Pacific leadership ensures JBER stays spiritually ready

    Military chaplaincy was established in 1775 by the Continental Congress, instating the first U.S. Army chaplain. Later, the National Security Act made the U.S. Air Force a separate branch and thus created the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps. The Chaplain Corps is focused on providing religious support

  • The Iditarod is reopening; how will it affect your pay?

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — With the grand reopening of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Iditarod Dining Facility, Basic Allowance for Sustenance II will discontinue for dorm residents as soon as early May.

  • From winter to summer road ready

    With no appreciable snow forecast for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, multiple agencies are shifting focus from winter maintenance to preparing roads for safer summer driving conditions.

  • Honoring the resilient: celebrating the Month of the Military Child

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Resilient, adaptable, and strong – these words describe the children growing up in military families. Every April, the Department of Defense celebrates the Month of the Military Child, recognizing the unique challenges and sacrifices these children face

  • Elite Airmen fight for spot on Quick Response Force at JBER

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Service members pushed their limits at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, last week as they competed for a spot on the installation’s Quick Response Force. Designed to determine and evaluate potential team members, the grueling QRF selection process

  • And the winner is...

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — For years, military youth centers such as Kennecott and Two Rivers on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson partner with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America have been recognizing youth members who embody skills such as leadership, service, academic excellence and

  • Remembering Staff Sgt. James L. Bondsteel: A Vietnam War Hero

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — On May 24, 1969, near the village of Long Sau, A Lonc Province in Vietnam, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Leroy Bondsteel, a platoon sergeant assigned to Company A, 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, assembled the Soldiers of his platoon into