Spartan Week culminates in the Gold Star Ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 21. U.S. Army paratroopers carried the nametapes of 77 fallen paratroopers who made the ultimate sacrifice during deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Paratroopers then placed the name tapes on a memorial before Gold Star family members and fellow Soldiers. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Hunter Hites)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) is conducting Exercise Tropic Tundra from May 27 through June 6 , F-22 aircraft and personnel will be conducting training throughout Alaska. The Kenai Airport and the local community have kindly permitted flight operations and support during this time. Exercise Tropic Tundra is a key, home exercise in the 3rd AEW's preparation for Exercise Resolute Force Pacific.
If you’ve spent time with the military – whether in uniform or not – you’ve probably participated in an exercise or six. The ships sail, the aircraft fly, the ground forces seize territory, and days later everyone evaluates how things went.
But while the exercise lasts a week or two, the planning and preparation have taken a year or more, and joint exercise are a full-time job for the personnel of J7 – the Joint Training and...
U.S. and Canadian senior enlisted leaders from North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command gathered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 12-13 to discuss and synchronize SEL functions during contingency and crisis operations. The Alaskan SEL Summit aligned enlisted leaders on readiness, operations and warfighting challenges in the Alaska Theater of Operations.
“My job is people -- everyone is my business. I dedicate my time and energy to their needs; their health, morale, discipline and welfare. I grow in strength by strengthening my people. My job is done in faith; my people-built faith. The Air Force is my life; I share it with my people. I believe in the Air Force goal - We take care of our own; my job is people -- everyone is my business."
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — 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 CLEP exams.
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.
Pago Pago, American Samoa — The U.S. Department of Defense and the French Army New Caledonia collaborated to participate in the biannual exercise Croix du Sud, a French-led multilateral exercise, which will last from April 22 to May 3 in the islands of Noumea, New Caledonia; Pago Pago; and Wallis and Futuna.
