Anchorage studying potential impacts of JBER troop reduction

The first community meeting on the potential JBER troop reduction was sparsely attended. (Hillman/KSKA)
The Municipality of Anchorage is conducting a comprehensive study on the impact of the potential troop drawdown at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, and hosted a sparsely attended community meeting on the topic in east Anchorage on Tuesday evening. The Department of Defense will decide soon if they will remove more than 2,600 active duty army soldiers from the base or if they will delay the dec