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  • Hon. Dale Marks tours JBER

    From left: U.S. Air Force Col. Lisa Mabbut, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander; the Hon. Dale Marks, assistant Secretary of Defense for energy, installations and environment; Suzanne LaFrance, mayor of Anchorage, Alaska; and Col. Jeremy Oldham, 673rd Civil Engineer