62nd Troop Carrier reunion tours Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Racing, military go hand-in-hand for Boyatts

Rusty Boyatt enjoys watching his son, John, drive. He owns Boyatt's Racing and its No. 10 Chevrolet Impala SS U.S. Air Force tribute car, which John races next during Championship Night Sept. 12 at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe. The race is an event on the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series' Super

Career Day assists transitioning service members

America's Heroes 2014 Career Day attracted hundreds of applicants to the Tacoma Convention Center Sept. 5.The biannual event seeks to connect American businesses with military job seekers. Some of the businesses represented included Microsoft, Amazon, Puget Sound Energy and Alaska Airlines, Inc."We

WADS dedicates 9/11 Memorial

The Western Air Defense Sector held a 9/11 memorial ceremony Sept. 11, at the WADS parade grounds here to commemorate a memorial with three artifacts from the attack sights as a reminder of what happened on that 2001 morning. On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda militants hijacked four airliners and

Rabbi comes to McChord Field chapel

US Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL, Airdrops Humanitarian Aid Near Amirli

At the request of the Government of Iraq, the U.S. military conducted airstrikes in support of an operation to deliver humanitarian assistance to address the humanitarian crisis and protect the civilians trapped in Amirli, Iraq at approximately 8:30 p.m. EDT Aug. 31.Two months ago, hundreds of ISIL

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

Military members enjoy annual Foofaraw

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