July 11, 2019 JBER sends responders to Swan Lake fire On June 5, 2019, lightning struck the refuge around Swan Lake, in the Kenai Peninsula, only 140 miles from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. It eventually turned into a 94,000-plus acre wildfire.
July 11, 2019 MDG experiences dose of Payne U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee E. Payne, the Defense Health Agency Assistant Director for Combat Support, and Military Health System Electronic Health Record Functional Champion, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 9, 2019.
July 2, 2019 Security Forces Defenders graduate from local police academy After six months at the Anchorage Police Department’s Officer Academy, two Airmen from the 673d Security Forces Squadron graduated the course June 6, 2019.
June 12, 2019 Pacific senior enlisted leaders meet for historic Red Flag-Alaska Red Flag-Alaska 19-2—a Pacific Air Forces-directed exercise that allows U.S. forces to train with coalition partners in a simulated combat environment—is underway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson through June 22.
June 11, 2019 JBER welcomes new career assistance advisor Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Career Assistance Advisor Senior Master Sgt. Karen Jakubczak is busy at work in her office here learning the details and responsibilities of her new position.
June 3, 2019 JBER team wins Best Large Exchange 2019 Director/CEO Cup The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Exchange team celebrated a huge win May 7, 2019, when they were selected Best Large Exchange Program worldwide at the 2019 Main Store Managers/General Managers conference, in Frisco, Texas.
May 22, 2019 673d SFS hosts Defender Family Day In commemoration of National Police Week, the 673d Security Forces Squadron held a unique Defender Family Day event May 16, 2019, centered around what a day in the life of a defender typically looks like at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
May 21, 2019 JBER commemorates National Police Week Members from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, honored fallen civilian and military law enforcement officers during National Police Week May May 13–19, 2019.
May 14, 2019 JBER’s first ‘Flight Leaders Course’ helps shape exceptional leaders The first Flight Leaders Course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, took place from May 6 – 10, 2019.
May 10, 2019 JBER conducts Operation Clean Sweep 2019 Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel participated in Operation Clean Sweep, an installation-wide event in support of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce's 51st Annual Citywide Cleanup April 28 to May 4.