JBER conducts exercise Polar Force 17-1
Participants of a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise walk through an in-processing line at Hangar 5, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 3, 2016. The scenario was part of exercise Polar Force 17-1, which is designed to help validate and evaluate the wings' ability to integrate, mobilize, and prepare assigned personnel, aircraft and equipment for a wartime mission.