By AlaskaWatchman.com

A Sept. 28 memo from  Air Force Col. Kirsten Aguilar, JBER commander, mandates that all Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson personnel wear masks indoors, on and off base, and outside when unable to maintain six feet social distancing. The order applies to “personnel who live, work and recreate on JBER as well as visitors to the installation.”

Airman await takeoff at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in August.

Aguilar’s memo states that the new mandate is in force for the public health emergency which JBER declared on Sept. 17.

According to the memo, JBER personnel are now required to avoid “activities and establishments that do not utilize COVID mitigation controls,” which must include “mandatory mask requirements, social distancing, proof of vaccination status, or proof of a recent negative COVID test.”

The only exceptions are for accessing “essential services,” which include going to a grocery store, school sponsored activity, religious service and “other essential services.”

“Entry into and attendance at restaurants, bars, clubs, concerts, indoor sporting events, and other indoor non-essential activities without these controls is not permitted,” the memo states. That would include the vast majority of shops, events and other activities throughout Anchorage and the Mat-Su where masks are not mandated.

Family members of JBER personnel are also impacted by the new order. Any family member who has “close contacts” to a positive case are now “required to quarantine for seven days regardless of vaccination status,” the memo states.

When it comes to JBER visitors, personnel are responsible for their guest’s “conduct and compliance” with the mandate.

“Failure to comply with this directive may result in loss of sponsorship privileges, suspended base access, or disbarment,” the memo states, adding that “failure to comply with this order may also result in punitive or adverse administrative action as appropriate.”

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JBER mandates masks off base, bans entrance to restaurants, other venues without mandates

Joel Davidson
Joel is Editor-in-Chief of the Alaska Watchman. Joel is an award winning journalist and has been reporting for over 24 years, He is a proud father of 8 children, and lives in Palmer, Alaska.


37 Comments

  • Michael S Totten says:

    Screw that commander

  • Vonda Sanders says:

    Wow Unbelievable!!!!

  • hisakgirl says:

    who does JBER think they are…?! trying to control the lives of each personnel. I think JBER personnel either need to stand up to this tyranny or see themselves out.

    • Vet says:

      You clearly have never served in the military. The military tells you what to wear, when to eat, what city you will live in, how long you’ll live there, where within the city you will live (if you’re junior enough), etc.

      Serving is sacrificing freedom. Everyone who signs up does so knowing that and does it willingly. If you don’t appreciate that then you don’t really appreciate those of us who served.

    • AB says:

      What Vet said. Military personnel also don’t get to just “see themselves out” whenever they please.

      • Wardaug Smith says:

        They have a choice but it will be costly, like the Marine that has more courage than all service members combined. He is a true patriot

    • Been There...Did That...Got The Shirt says:

      This would also include what they can put in your body, like vaccines and any other experimental juice they feel you may need. Yes, serving this country involves many more sacrifices than just deploying to some s#%t hole sandbox and possibly giving your life for the perceived freedoms Americans think they have.

  • Buzz Kelley says:

    Trying to control a soldier’s personal life off base is going to far. Required to avoid establishments unless they require proof of vaccination etc before entering in my opinion is just dumb. What is the Anchorage city council running JBER? Unfortunately conservatives went to sleep behind the wheel and now we have all these woke unicorn worshipers running companies, organizations and apparently the military as well. We are out of time folks. Take back our country or prepare to hear your children and grandchildren screaming for mercy in a socialist cesspool that would make stalin beam.

    • Been There...Did That...Got The Shirt says:

      I’am glad to see that people are speaking up about the military and how much control they have over soldiers. However, simple fact is that when a civilian chooses to sign on the line, they also agree to give up all freedoms to include their own bodies. A soldiers body is literally considered government property. That means the government can and does own every aspect of what you do, how you do it, and where you do it, and yes, even whether or not you live or die. This is nothing new and has been the case since the military began. This is why people should consider saying thank you to every soldier they meet not just during times like what followed 911, but all the time. I am a vet and still take the time to say thank you, I am in debt to your service and sacrifice. It’s well earned.

  • Jen says:

    Doesn’t seem very enforceable without spies actively spying out JBER personnel with informants. I think this is how this country will end up with two military: one Union and One Confederate, One Patriot Army and One kings army the red coats.

    • Jen says:

      I think this country will never be a socialist or communist country would rather break part by regions and fight hand to hand combat. People have been born into Freedom here and to live Free is all we know. I wouldn’t even underestimate the mainstream media indoctrinated common American defending their rights when they take their turn experiencing tyranny. Tyrannical leaders don’t just stop being controlling when they terminated their proposed enemy. When there is no enemy left, they turn on their supporters.

  • Elizabeth Henry says:

    Holy cow. It seems Trump derangement syndrome has mutated to Covid derangement syndrome. Far more serious than the actual Covid. This is pure insanity and it seems the decision makers at JBER would benefit from serious and intense psychotherapy.

  • Steve Peterson says:

    What happens when you put a Milly-type chick in charge.

  • Tom says:

    Your Commander is an idiot JBER….

  • yearight says:

    If the vaccines worked then the vaccinated would not need to care if others have been vaccinated. And it’s these leaky vaccines being used in the middle of a pandemic that drive deadly virus mutations.

  • Eva says:

    It is time for people in charge to catch up with what real science is teaching us about covid 19 and the vaccines. Vaccinated people have a 251 times higher virus load compared to unvaccinated individuals. It is actually proven that vaccinated people are super spreaders of covid 19, even though at first, it seems like they are staying healthy. According to the inventor of the mRNA technology, Dr R. Malone, the vaccinated people are driving the variants, and vaccination is not going to get us out of the pandemic! Also keep in mind that most people have already been exposed somewhere by now. So giving them the shot, makes us go backwards from herd immunity. Soon, people in charge will beg the personnel, that recovered from covid 19 naturally, to work for them, because they are the only ones that are truly immune. If you do not believe me, read this new study.
    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaccinated-healthcare-workers-threat-unvaccinated-patients-co-workers/

  • Proud Alaskan says:

    What don’t these people understand. It’s there personal life’s to do as they please, it’s not there’s to control.
    Plus it’s that loser guy who doesn’t even know is own name, that guy in the White House.

    • Vet says:

      You clearly have never served in the military. The military tells you what to wear, when to eat, what city you will live in, how long you’ll live there, where within the city you will live (if you’re junior enough), etc.

      Serving is sacrificing freedom. Everyone who signs up does so knowing that and does it willingly. If you don’t appreciate that then you don’t really appreciate those of us who served.

      • Trained Observer says:

        I served, complied and tolerated what the military machine doled out for more than ten years in the name of service to country and patriotism. My experience taught me that there is no greater fear mongering organization in the world than the US Military. When soldiers are forced to submit to marginally tested, uncertified therapies for a man-made disease, or face non-judicial punishment and discharge, which vilifies for life anyone who refuses for exercising their conscience; then clearly a line in the sand has been drawn. I took the first flu shot series offered in 1987, wound up with a strain of the flu, and never took it again. It affected nearly everyone who took it. Pre-deployment injections were common, though most were for diseases we already had immunity for, or which already been eradicated in the US. We were allowed to decline many of those. You hear commanders use terms like, “direct order, lawful order (which differentiates from and UN-lawful order), for the good of the order, for combat effectiveness,” and then go on to issue mandates outside their lane, all in the name of military command. If the effectiveness of the vaccines were so complete, why would the commander need to further mandate such exclusions? Because once in authority it is the nature of a dictator to dictate. If there has been no mandate from on high (Pentagon) to add such further restrictions to ALL military personnel, then she is a one-off, and acting in rogue. I have lost my confidence in the US Military, who has taken its’ eye off the ball and has focused on subjecting it’s personnel to social experiments and gender modification, instead of focusing on strategies for winning wars. Thank you for your service. But to those still in and being subjected to unnecessary military mothering, either suck it up, or leave with your principles intact.

      • Been There...Did That...Got The Shirt says:

        Well Said!

  • Fedup says:

    Good luck enforcing that.

  • Dean says:

    All this proves is that the military is political, not that masks are needed.

  • Ed Martin Jr says:

    Alaska Watch ask yourself what stage our we Alaskans in NOW ??
    1. CLASSIFICATION: All cultures have categories to distinguish people into “us and them” by ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality:
    2. SYMBOLIZATION: We give names or other symbols to the classifications. We name people “Jews” or “Gypsies,” or distinguish them by colors or dress; and apply the symbols to members of groups. Classification and symbolization are universally human and do not necessarily result in genocide unless they lead to dehumanization.
    3. DISCRIMINATION: A dominant group uses law, custom, and political power to deny the rights of other groups. The powerless group may not be accorded full civil rights, voting rights, or even citizenship. The dominant group is driven by an exclusionary ideology that would deprive less powerful groups of their rights. The ideology advocates monopolization or expansion of power by the dominant group. It legitimizes the victimization of weaker groups. Advocates of exclusionary ideologies are often charismatic, expressing resentments of their followers, attracting support from the masses. Examples include the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 in Nazi Germany, which stripped Jews of their German citizenship, and prohibited their employment by the government and by universities.
    4. DEHUMANIZATION: One group denies the humanity of the other group. Members of it are equated with animals, vermin, insects or diseases. Dehumanization overcomes the normal human revulsion against murder.
    5. ORGANIZATION: Genocide is always organized, usually by the state, often using militias to provide deniability of state responsibility.
    6. POLARIZATION: Extremists drive the groups apart. Hate groups broadcast polarizing propaganda. Motivations for targeting a group are indoctrinated through mass media. Laws may forbid intermarriage or social interaction. Extremist terrorism targets moderates, intimidating and silencing the center. Moderates from the perpetrators’ own group are most able to stop genocide, so are the first to be arrested and killed. Leaders in targeted groups are the next to be arrested and murdered. The dominant group passes emergency laws or decrees that grants them total power over the targeted group. The laws erode fundamental civil rights and liberties. Targeted groups are disarmed to make them incapable of self-defense, and to ensure that the dominant group has total control.
    7. PREPARATION: Plans are made for (The indoctrination of the populace with fear of the victim group. Leaders often claim that “if we don’t kill them, they will kill us,” disguising genocide as self-defense.)
    8. PERSECUTION: Victims are identified and separated out because of their ethnic or religious identity. Death lists are drawn up. In state sponsored genocide, members of victim groups may be forced to wear identifying symbols.
    9. EXTERMINATION begins, and quickly becomes the mass killing legally called “genocide.” It is “extermination” to the killers because they do not believe their victims to be fully human. When it is sponsored by the state, the armed forces often work with militias to do the killing. Sometimes the genocide results in revenge killings by groups against each other, creating the downward whirlpool-like cycle of bilateral genocide (as in Burundi). Acts of genocide demonstrate how dehumanized the victims have become. have also not differentiated civilians and combatants.
    10. DENIAL is the final stage that lasts throughout and always follows genocide!
    Genocide is a process that develops in 8 stages
    that are predictable, but not inexorable. At each
    stage, preventive measures can stop it.
    It is not a linear process, but logically
    the later stages must be preceded
    by the earlier stages. Logically prior
    stages continue to operate
    throughout the process.
    © 1998 Dr, Gregory H. Stanton , President, Genocide Watch

    • Evan S Singh says:

      You anti-vaxxers accuse us pro-vaxxers of fear mongering, yet you promote this screed. See any hypocrisy here?

  • NAV says:

    Hey JBER Bureaucrat/ Commander watch this and LEARN something about REAL HEALTH SCIENCE!!! A Doctor Spells Out Why Wearing a Mask is More Dangerous Than Covid-19
    https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=243376

  • Steve says:

    Way to stir shit up Watchman. Going to a store or mall is NOT prohibited. You just have to wear a mask. Wonder what service you served other than your own?

    • nicole says:

      Watchman included a link to the memo. Read it for yourself. There is no misrepresentation here.

      • steve says:

        The official document which I believe is posted on the JBER website looks a little different. You SHOULD not go into a location….it is NOT prohibited. The above document here is also dated a day earlier. Again, stirring up fake, not official news, just a draft.

      • Zip says:

        Pretty sure “Should Not” has the same order insinuated as “prohibited”,
        Just a softer way of saying the same damn thing.

  • Katrina says:

    JBER is a joint base. Until the CG of US Army Alaska follows suit, this is only for Air force personnel and not all JBER personnel.
    I had to ask my husband about this, as he is an active duty soldier on JBER.

  • Eva says:

    Interesting that my comment was completely dropped yesterday! Did I say too much of what really is going on?
    I quoted a few facts from a study, that described how vaccinated people carry about 251 times the viral load in their sinuses compared to non- vaccinated people. I mentioned that the inventor of the mRNA technology himself said, that the vaccine hasn’t been tested enough, and that the break through cases are driving the development of mutant strains. And so these folks are becoming “super spreaders” and are contributing to these high numbers of new cases. People that naturally built antibodies are the ones that obtain true immunity. I simply would like people in charge to be informed about the real science about the vaccines.

    • Been There...Did That...Got The Shirt says:

      Eva, the Marxist leaders and their minions do not want the truth about this disease going mainstream. Free thinking Americans are being controlled and manipulated by big government, the media, big tech, and the mindless trolls that help push their socialists agendas. Keep up your fight for the truth and don’t get discouraged if you find yourself having to repeat your efforts to get the truth out there. This is an evil opponent we are up against.

  • Michael C Coons says:

    So, if I was still active and I went into say Pig and Pancake and didn’t wear my masks in civilian clothing who, will someone squeal to the Wing Commander?
    We have a Lt Col, in the brig for speaking his mind about the so called “leadership” of the USMC. We now have a Lance Corporal under investigation for being on the stand with President Trump! Now this?
    I am so glad I am retired, cause I would challenge this Wing Commander straight out and I would welcome a Court Martial!

  • Trained Observer says:

    I served, complied and tolerated what the military machine doled out for more than ten years in the name of service to country and patriotism. My experience taught me that there is no greater fear mongering organization in the world than the US Military. When soldiers are forced to submit to marginally tested, uncertified therapies for a man-made disease, or face non-judicial punishment and discharge, which vilifies for life anyone who refuses for exercising their conscience; then clearly a line in the sand has been drawn. I took the first flu shot series offered in 1987, wound up with a strain of the flu, and never took it again. It affected nearly everyone who took it. Pre-deployment injections were common, though most were for diseases we already had immunity for, or which already been eradicated in the US. We were allowed to decline many of those. You hear commanders use terms like, “direct order, lawful order (which differentiates from and UN-lawful order), for the good of the order, for combat effectiveness,” and then go on to issue mandates outside their lane, all in the name of military command. If the effectiveness of the vaccines were so complete, why would the commander need to further mandate such exclusions? Because once in authority it is the nature of a dictator to dictate. If there has been no mandate from on high (Pentagon) to add such further restrictions to ALL military personnel, then she is a one-off, and acting in rogue. I have lost my confidence in the US Military, who has taken its’ eye off the ball and has focused on subjecting it’s personnel to social experiments and gender modification, instead of focusing on strategies for winning wars. Thank you for your service. But to those still in and being subjected to unnecessary military mothering, either suck it up, or leave with your principles intact.

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