JBLM units battle for sustainability

With a chance to win $10,000, the Net Zero competition is back for round four of competitions at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.The Net Zero competition provides a monetary incentive for service members on JBLM to exhibit more sustainable behaviors and actions to help save money, protect training lands

JBLM leadership attend Sounders Lanes ribbon cutting

AMC Surgeon General awards 62 MDS

Torch passed at youth basketball camp

Donny Bretzinger, of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, has a passion for the sport of basketball that has passed on to his three kids -- Kross, Ki'Ara and De'Jeera.So when he learned about the free Drills 4 Skill Basketball Clinic hosted by the Peninsula High School boys' basketball

780th EAS ends transit mission at MK

Revamped center offers bowling, family fun

Steve Fontana is entering his eighth-year as a bowling center staff member on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, but the last year was spent at Bowl Arena Lanes on Lewis Main.That's because McChord Field's Sounders Lanes was closed for renovations since November 2013. Now Fontana -- excited as ever -- is one

Getting “Back to Basics” with safety

Team McChord members gathered together during a Safety Down Day Jan. 8 to re-evaluate how they safely accomplish their mission here at McChord Field. Lt. Gen. Carlton Everhart, 18th Air Force commander, directed each wing under his command to take a collective pause in order to refocus and

McChord to inactivate C-17 squadron in FY16

Recently, the Air Force announced the inactivation of two C-17 squadrons- one at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. and one at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.  These inactivation's were part of the FY15 President's Budget submission released in March 2014 and will occur over the course of the next two

McChord Airman receives STEP promotion

McChord Field's flight kitchen crew sustains Airmen

To sustain a goal, there must be a constant support toward it, and at McChord Field, the flight kitchen is just that, supporting the Airmen and personnel to keep them well enough to sustain the mission.Five Airmen from the 627th Force Support Squadron run the flight kitchen at McChord Field,