JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard received two rebuilt M-973 Small Unit Support Vehicles from the Red River Army Depot near Texarcana, Texas, Nov. 3. SUSVs are fully-tracked, all-terrain, amphibious vehicles designed to support platoon-sized units in arctic and mountainous conditions. The SUSV, originally named the Bandvagn 206, was developed by […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were among 30 installations the Army studied in a recent Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Army 2020 Force Structure Realignment to evaluate the environmental impacts of potential force reductions of active component soldiers and Army civilian employees. The Army determined […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell spoke with approximately 350 members of the Alaska National Guard during a town-hall meeting at the AKNG Armory here, Sunday. Parnell requested the meeting with Guard members as a platform to have an open discussion about current changes happening within the AKNG pertaining to the released […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A Soldier with the Alaska Army National Guard was mauled by a brown bear sow on JBER Sunday morning at about 11:45 a.m. while he was participating in a land navigation exercise. He is currently enrolled in the Alaska Army National Guard’s 22-day Warrior Leadership Course for junior enlisted Soldiers. […]