• Army ties to Alaska Day remain strong

    The small town of Sitka, Alaska, maybe hundreds of miles away from U.S. Army Alaska headquarters on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, but their ties remain strong with the annual Alaska Day Festival.

  • Alaska National Guard commander eyes regional hub concept

    Brig. Gen. Torrence Saxe, commander of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, visited this remote Yukon village Oct. 4 as part of a new initiative to strengthen his department’s ties with Alaska’s rural communities.

  • Navy, Marine Corps Conduct Arctic Exercise in Alaska

    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.

  • JBER senior master sergeant recognized as one of Air Force’s 12 best

    There are nearly 500,000 Airmen in the Air Force, including National Guard and Reserve Airmen. Each year, the Air Force recognizes 12 of them for outstanding performance – an honor accompanied by a ribbon to acknowledge superior leadership, job performance and personal achievement.This year, 11th

  • Let the hunting season begin

    Hunting season is now in session for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s service and community members interested in this outdoor activity.

  • 673d SFS moves to new M18 Modular Handgun System

    Personnel with the 673d Security Forces Squadron are in the process of transitioning from the M9 Beretta pistol to the M18 SIG Sauer Modular Handgun System as part of the Air Force’s Reconstitute Defender Initiative.

  • JBER celebrates Alaska Military Youth of the Year

    For more than two decades, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America have partnered with the Department of Defense to sponsor the Military Youth of the Year competition, which recognizes high school students based on their merits of leadership, service and academic excellence.