Base Name: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON
Service: Joint Bases
Description: Dubbed “J-Bear” by troops, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson overlooks Cook Inlet in south-central Alaska where snow-capped mountains and glaciers meet the ocean. The base is home to Alaskan Command, 11th Air Force and 3rd Wing, 673rd Air Base Wing, 4th Brigade Combat Team and 25th Infantry Division, as well as the U.S. Army Alaska.
State/country: ALASKA
Population: 9,670 active duty, 12,489 dependents
Zip: 99506
City/metro: Anchorage
Phone Numbers:
- Main Phone: (907) 552-1110, DSN 317-552-1110
- Information and referral services: (907) 384-1517, DSN 317-552-4943
- Housing: (907) 552-9960, DSN 317-552-9949
- Child care: (907) 552-8304/2697, DSN 317-552-8304
- Schools: (907) 384-1505, DSN 317-384-7500
- Youth services: (907) 384-1508, DSN 317-552-2266
- Family: (907) 552-4943, DSN 317-552-0499
- Temporary lodging: (907) 552-2454, DSN 317-552-2454
- Health care: (907) 580-2778, DSN 317-580-2778
- Commissary number: (907) 580-4863/5578, DSN 317-580-4863/1674
- Exchange number: (907) 753-4422, DSN 317-580-2390
Museum: Wildlife Education Center (907) 552-0310
Chaplain: (907) 552-5762, DSN 317-552-5762