JBER Airman found dead

12/11/2013 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska  -- Staff Sgt. Tanner Allen Volkers, a 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, was found dead by Anchorage Police Department search teams on Tuesday at the Basher Trail Head in East Anchorage. Cause of death is being investigated by the JBER Office of Special Investigations and the Anchorage Police Department.
Volkers had been stationed at JBER since January 2010, and was from Nampa, Idaho.

"On behalf of all the Arctic Warriors, I want to express my deepest condolences for the loss of Staff Sgt. Tanner Volkers," said Col. Brian P. Duffy, JBER and 673rd Air Base Wing commander. "Our thoughts and sympathies are with the Volkers' family, friends and the JBER community during this tragic loss."

For more information call 673rd ABW Public Affairs at 552-8151.