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JBER Sergeant Saves Pilot from Helicopter Crash

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Helberg, 673d Security Forces Squadron combat arms specialist, explains his account of a recent helicopter crash in a nearby city on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2023. Helberg performed life-saving skills on a U.S. Army pilot after his helicopter crash-landed immediately after takeoff and was able to assist him in a quick recovery.
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Gold Star Family returns to JBER

A dedication plaque can be seen in front of the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance shop during an annual memorial service in honor of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 15, 2023. Each year, the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron honors the life and legacy of Bowles, who died on March 15, 2009, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. He was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, while on a four-vehicle patrol checking on a local school. The title Gold Star distinguishes family who lost a loved one in military service. Today, immediate family members (parent, sibling, spouse, or child) receive a Gold Star from the Department of Defense, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Quatasia Carter)
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Gold Star Family returns to JBER

A dedication plaque can be seen in front of the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance shop during an annual memorial service in honor of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 15, 2023. Each year, the 673rd Logistic Readiness Squadron honors the life and legacy of Bowles, who died on March 15, 2009, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. He was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, while on a four-vehicle patrol checking on a local school. The title Gold Star distinguishes family who lost a loved one in military service. Today, immediate family members (parent, sibling, spouse, or child) receive a Gold Star from the Department of Defense, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Gold Star Family returns to JBER

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson senior leadership and Arctic Warriors attend an annual memorial service for U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles at JBER, Alaska, March 15, 2023. Each year, the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron honors the life and legacy of Bowles, who died on March 15, 2009, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. He was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, while on a four-vehicle patrol checking on a local school. The title Gold Star distinguishes family who lost a loved one in military service. Today, immediate family members (parent, sibling, spouse, or child) receive a Gold Star from the Department of Defense, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Gold Star Family returns to JBER

Louis Bowles, father of fallen U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles, speaks to gathered family, friends and service members during an annual memorial service in honor of his son at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 15, 2023. Each year, the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron honors the life and legacy of Bowles, who died on March 15, 2009, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. He was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, while on a four-vehicle patrol checking on a local school. The title Gold Star distinguishes family who lost a loved one in military service. Today, immediate family members (parent, sibling, spouse, or child) receive a Gold Star from the Department of Defense, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Gold Star Family returns to JBER

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson senior leadership and Arctic Warriors attend an annual memorial service for U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles, at JBER, Alaska, March 15, 2023. Each year, the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron honors the life and legacy of Bowles, who died on March 15, 2009, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. He was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, while on a four-vehicle patrol checking on a local school. The title Gold Star distinguishes family who lost a loved one in military service. Today, immediate family members (parent, sibling, spouse, or child) receive a Gold Star from the Department of Defense, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Gold Star Family returns to JBER

Heather Ketchmark, sister of fallen U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles, speaks to gathered family, friends and service members during an annual memorial service for her brother at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 15, 2023. Each year, the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron honors the life and legacy of Bowles, who died on March 15, 2009, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. He was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, while on a four-vehicle patrol checking on a local school. The title Gold Star distinguishes family who lost a loved one in military service. Today, immediate family members (parent, sibling, spouse, or child) receive a Gold Star from the Department of Defense, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Gold Star Family returns to JBER

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson senior leadership and Arctic Warriors attend an annual memorial service for U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Bowles, at JBER, Alaska, March 15, 2023. Each year, the 673d Logistic Readiness Squadron honors the life and legacy of Bowles, who died on March 15, 2009, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Eastern Afghanistan. He was killed when his vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, while on a four-vehicle patrol checking on a local school. The title Gold Star distinguishes family who lost a loved one in military service. Today, immediate family members (parent, sibling, spouse, or child) receive a Gold Star from the Department of Defense, to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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An opportunity to do life better together: JBER rolls out Joint Newcomers Orientation

Adele Daniels, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson School Liaison Program manager, speaks to newcomers during orientation at JBER, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2023. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson offers incoming team members a three-day Joint Orientation Course put on by the Military and Family Readiness Center and introduces Arctic Warriors to the installation while equipping them with information, resources and contacts needed to set them up for success in the face of everything JBER and Alaska have to offer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Moises Vasquez)
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An opportunity to do life better together: JBER rolls out Joint Newcomers Orientation

U.S Army Sgt. Maj. Brian Benson, 673d Air Base Wing installation sergeant major, speaks to newcomers during orientation at JBER, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2023. The installation offers incoming team members a three-day Joint Orientation Course put on by the Military and Family Readiness Center and introduces Arctic Warriors to the installation while equipping them with information, resources and contacts needed to set them up for success in the face of everything JBER and Alaska have to offer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Moises Vasquez)
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An opportunity to do life better together: JBER rolls out Joint Newcomers Orientation

Dallas Norma, Military and Family Readiness Center military family life counselor, speaks to newcomers during orientation at JBER, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2023. The installation offers incoming team members a three-day Joint Orientation Course put on by the Military and Family Readiness Center and introduces Arctic Warriors to the installation while equipping them with information, resources and contacts needed to set them up for success in the face of everything JBER and Alaska have to offer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Moises Vasquez)
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An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions.
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230313-Z-PB632-1002

An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions.
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230313-Z-PB632-1001

An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions.
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JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23

U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)
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JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23

The 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron patch is worn by an Airman assigned to the 673d Medical Group during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)
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JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)
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JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23

U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)
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JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)
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JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)
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