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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
United States military facility in Anchorage, Alaska
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Alaska Officials Kill Bear After Repeated Hospital Entries
A black bear entered a hospital at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage and ate donated Halloween candy, startling a visitor and prompting staff and security to escort it outside. After it returned twice that day, Alaska wildlife biologists killed it; no one was injured and the hospital was not damaged.
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About Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson is a United States military facility in Anchorage, Alaska. It is a joint base formed from the United States Air Force's Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army's Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010.
Everything about Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson →- Country
- United States
- Inception
- 1940
- Website
- https://www.jber.jb.mil/