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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Members of the 176th Medical Group, Alaska Air National Guard, pose during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new Medical Readiness and Training Center here Sept. 19, 2010. The Medical Group was one the first units from the 176th Wing to relocate here from Kulis Air National Guard Base. All wing units will eventually relocate here as part of the Federal 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) legislation; most of the remaining units will make the move in early 2011. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Senior Airman Anthony Fletes, a medical technician for the 176th Medical Group, places an order for gas mask inserts for 176th Wing members here on Sept. 19, 2010. The Medical Group was one the first units from the 176th Wing to relocate here from Kulis Air National Guard Base. All wing units will eventually relocate here as part of the Federal 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) legislation; most of the remaining units will make the move in early 2011. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Airman First Class Daniel Miceli, a dental technician for the 176th Medical Group, files medical records here on Sept. 19, 2010. The Medical Group was one the first units from the 176th Wing to relocate here from Kulis Air National Guard Base. All wing units will eventually relocate here as part of the Federal 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) legislation; most of the remaining units will make the move in early 2011. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska - Col. Ronald Kichura, commander of the 176th Medical Group, speaks during the ribbon cutting for their new Medical Readiness and Training Center here on Sept. 19, 2010. The Medical Group was one the first units from the 176th Wing to relocate here from Kulis Air National Guard Base. All wing units will eventually relocate here as part of the Federal 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) legislation; most of the remaining units will make the move in early 2011. Alaska Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Shannon Oleson.

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176th Wing Medical Readiness and Training Center Ribbon Cutting

Published Sept. 23, 2010
By MSgt Shannon Oleson
176th Wing Public Affairs Office

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska -- On Sept. 19, the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Medical Group held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new Medical Readiness and Training Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). The Group has been working in their new building since early June. Along with the 211th Rescue Squadron, the Medical Group is one the first units from the 176th Wing to relocate from Kulis Air National Guard Base to JBER. The relocation was dictated by the Federal 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) legislation; the most remaining Wing units will make the move in early 2011.

During his speech for the ribbon cutting, Col. Ronald Kichura, commander of the Medical Group, remarked, "BRAC and its direction to move the Medical Group to JBER was the right thing to do. So was the decision to create our new stand-alone facility so near to the excitement of the expanding missions of the 673th Medical Group and the Veteran's Affairs medical complex. Our close locations will certainly allow us to maintain our service identities while encouraging Joint Force development of resources and efficiencies."