• Anchorage Remembers Memorial Day

    Families of fallen service members pay their respects at the Anchorage Remembers Memorial Day Ceremony at Delaney Park, Anchorage, Alaska on May 26, 2025. Memorial Day is an annual observance dedicated to honoring and remembering all military personnel who have given their lives serving our nation.

  • National Police Week

    Service members and civilians assigned to the 673d Security Forces Squadron host a parade for the families on the installation during National Police Week at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 14. National Police Week was initiated by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and is dedicated to

  • Iditarod dining facility reopens to JBER personnel

    (From left) U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Veronica Hoskinson, 673d Force Support Squadron commander, Airman 1st Class Adeline Amidon, a food service apprentice assigned to the 673d FSS, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Brandy, 673d FSS senior enlisted leader, cut a ribbon symbolizing an improved Iditarod

  • JBER named top military testing center

    Recently, the College Level Examination Program published its annual list of the top military test centers with the University of Anchorage Alaska ranking in the top 20. This was a collective effort between UAA and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Education Center to encourage members to take the

  • 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.

  • And the winner is...

    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 live an overall healthy lifestyle through

  • Not your average welcome home: Air Force officer saves a life at the airport

    After a long flight from London to the Last Frontier, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeremy Strohmayer, anesthesia flight commander for the 673d Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, patiently awaited his luggage at the baggage claim in the Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska.