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  • Money as a weapon system

    There are two things you probably think about when you hear the words finance and budget while stationed at McChord Field. The first is your responsibility to ensure you file your travel vouchers within five days of returning from a Temporary Duty Assignment. The second is how to get your unit more

  • Resiliency: A vital key for successful Airmen

    Happy New Year Team McChord! It's hard to believe 2011 is really here and that we're already through January. On top of that, in the past year and a half that I've had the honor and privilege to serve as the Force Support Squadron commander at McChord, it seems that nothing is as it was when I first

  • ‘Excellence in All We Do’: Air Force support is Airmen helping Airmen

    One of the privileges I experience as a chaplain is coming alongside Airman during times of great joy such as promotion, marriage and wedding preparation, birth of a child, receiving an award and ultimately retirement. It isn't hard to see the positive side of the military service and lifestyle it

  • Desert Storm’s twentieth anniversary

    Air strikes against Iraqi military, political and key infrastructure targets opened Operation Desert Storm on January 17, 1991. The attack was expected, since the United Nations final deadline for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait had passed the day before. What was unexpected on both sides was how

  • Where were you 20 years ago this week?

    Can you recall where you were in January 1991? Many of you may laugh and say, "Chief, I wasn't even born" or "I was in second grade." But for those of you who can recall, January 16, 1991 was the day during Gulf War I that the initial conflict to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait began with an aerial

  • When sitting attacks: take a stand

    I recently attended a back class over at the Madigan Physical Therapy Clinic for a ruptured cervical disk. According to the clinic, one of the leading causes of back problems is sitting for long periods of time with bad posture. My job, not unlike many of you, entails sitting slumped over a computer

  • Command Chief's Corner: For A Special Occasion 2010

    Team McChord family - Here's wishing you and yours a blessed and restful Christmas break.Please take this time to re-charge your batteries, "put that money back inthe bank" with your families and friends, and thank them for THEIRsacrifices. From the bottom of my heart, thank you McChord family for

  • Holidays and the blues: Overcoming past and present holiday stresses

    "It's the most wonderful time of the year" isn't just a familiar line of a classic Christmas song. Instead, the phrase resonates with our culture because November and December offer times of splendor and recollection unlike any other time. Things like trips to grandmother's house for Thanksgiving,

  • Opportunity during the holidays

    The holiday season is a perfect time to talk about opportunity. There have been countless quotes that deal with taking advantage of opportunities. On Black Friday, thousands of opportunistic shoppers waited for hours to purchase items, either for themselves or as gifts for family and friends. Taking

  • AMC Commander: Celebrate the holidays, reflect on a great year and be safe

    As we look forward to this holiday season and the upcoming New Year, it's time to reflect on the year gone by. It's been an incredibly busy one for Air Mobility Command. You have performed magnificently...rising to meet the challenges head on to deliver hope, fuel the fight and save lives -- I