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  • JBLM leaders ease Ebola concerns at Town Hall

    Leaders from Joint Base Lewis-McChord hosted the second of four Town Hall Ebola updates at the McChord Field Theater, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Nov. 13, 2014, for any Airman, Soldier, civilian and family member on the installation interested in the facts about the Ebola Virus Disease.Town

  • Americans freed by North Korea reunite with families at JBLM

    The long wait for the families of Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller officially ended November 8th, 2014, when the two men stepped off their plane onto the tarmac at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., after being imprisoned in North Korea.James Clapper, U.S. Director of National Intelligence went to

  • Congratulations to NCO Academy Class 14-7

    Congratulations to the following technical sergeants and staff sergeants who graduated the Forrest L. Vosler NCO Academy October 28, 2014 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.Staff Sgt. Robert Barkman, 62nd Maintenance SquadronStaff Sgt. Kristofer Boyd, 22nd Special Tactics SquadronStaff Sgt. Jennifer

  • McChord members collect toys for JBLM service members

    "I tear up at the thought of how many children's holidays will be magical due to the sheer generosity of military members and the community," said Erin Griffin, 62nd Airlift Wing representative for the Joint Base Lewis-McChord led Santa's Castle program. "This is an amazing program that directly

  • Airmen represent Team McChord with honor

    Six Airmen stand in position as a hearse rolls to a stop just past them. They open the back door revealing a casket with the U.S. flag draped over it. They carefully carry out the casket before placing it on the lowering device, its final resting place. They methodically remove the flag from the

  • Air Force senior got start at McChord Field

    There are 128 college football teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), each with about 125 total players both on and off the rosters -- a grand total of around 16,000 players.Jamal Byrd, a senior defensive back for the Air Force Falcons, is one of

  • Stony Oak community welcomes first tenants

    At the start of the 19th century, the Stony Oak area at McChord Field served as a stock farm that raised both cattle and horses. In 1908, maps show the area sat on the outskirts of military training facilities. But today, the 35-acre plot is considered "home" to some Joint Base Lewis-McChord

  • Job fair draws thousands to JBLM

    Kyle Hutchinson, a sergeant in 1st Battalion, 303rd Cavalry, and his wife, Darcy, weaved their way between more than 300 booths at the Service Members for Life Transition Summit Hiring Fair on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Oct. 23, in the hopes of landing a job.With numerous private and government

  • Expeditionary Airmen operate DOD's busiest single runway

    Fighter jets, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, small and large cargo planes are among few of the 46 different types of aircraft that deployed service members help operate daily in-and-out of the busiest single runway airfield in the Department of Defense. Since 2006, the annual airfield

  • Aviation students learn about the U.S. Air Force

    Eight students belonging to the Aviation Explorer Post 1735 took full advantage of learning what it takes to get a C-17 Globemaster III in the air during a tour of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Oct. 25.The Aviation Explorer Post 1735 is comprised of a small group of students from the Gig Harbor,