April 1, 2021

Soldiers team with Airmen, civil agencies for EOD exercise

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Explosive Ordnance Disposal units conducted an exercise March 22 through 25 in partnership with EOD personnel with the Anchorage Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation. “The overall scenario was an extremist group attempting to gain access to the base and have a sustained bombing campaign within the cantonment area,” said Sgt. 1st Class Joshuah Edmonds of U.S. Army Alaska's 716th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company. “We linked it in to the recent anti-extremism training and kept that flavor.”

Sept. 27, 2019

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One Communications Team Successfully Test High Frequency Communications in Simulated Contested Environment

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group One conducted a successful test of their high-frequency communications system today by transmitting from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage to EOD Mobile Unit One operating over 2,000 miles away in Adak, Alaska, as part of Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise 2019.

Sept. 5, 2019

Navy, Marine Corps Conduct Arctic Exercise in Alaska

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) — About 3,000 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel are participating in Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019 in the Aleutian Islands, South Central Alaska and Southern California Sept. 1-28.