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  • Congratulations to Team McChord's newest NCOA graduates

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Sept. 5, from the Forrest L. Vosler NCO Academy at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.Tech. Sgt. Kyle Felix, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron Staff Sgt. Travis Giles, 10th Airlift Squadron Tech. Sgt. Kenya Greene Gadsden, 627th Force Support Squadron

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • McChord brings the Strykers to Steadfast Javelin II

    Air Mobility Command's mission is to provide rapid, global mobility and sustainment for America's armed forces, a capability demonstrated during Steadfast Javelin II, a large-scale, joint, multinational exercise held on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, from Aug. 31 through Sept. 11.The exercise further

  • Honoring past, present

    The memory of the late Edward Drummond, a retired lieutenant colonel, was honored during the "Honoring the Forgotten Heroes" Labor Day festival hosted Monday at Tacoma's Stanley Playfield.Drummond was one of the last living members of the Tuskegee Airman, a unit made up of African-American pilots.

  • A unique physical challenge

    John Greer, a retired Air Force Master Sergeant at McChord Air Force Base, first heard about cyclocross four years ago and that there was a race at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood.Races are typically held during the fall and winter months. Greer observed hundreds of athletes riding their bicycles

  • Airmen say last farewell to a Tuskegee Airman

    Airmen from Team McChord paid their final respects to a Tuskegee Airman at a memorial service Aug. 28 in Lakewood.The service was held in memory of retired Lt. Col. Edward Drummond.Drummond passed away Aug. 3, at 88 years of age after many years of devotion and contributions to the Tuskegee Airmen

  • Congratulations to ALS Class 14-F

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School here Aug 19.Senior Airman Elizabeth Andreas, 62nd AMXSSenior Airman Bridgette Anguiano, 62nd MXGSenior Airman Glen Brown, 627th LRSStaff Sgt. Andrew Darker, 22nd STSSenior Airman Jeff Fender, 62nd

  • JBLM military families enjoy camp at Malibu Club

    Located on the shores of the Princess Louisa inlet beneath mountain peaks that reach as high as 8,000 feet known as the Canadian Royal Fjords is a resort called Malibu Club.At this resort they have everything from kayaking, to water skiing, to navigating mountain bike trails, to riding zip lines, to