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  • Congratulations to ALS Class 13-G

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who graduated from the Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School here Oct. 18.Staff Sgt. Robert AponteStaff Sgt. David Fitzgerald Staff Sgt. Jungmin HanStaff Sgt. Micahl LampkinSenior Airman Sinan AhmedSenior Airman Brandon BryantSenior Airman Jordan

  • McChord Club manager retires after 43 years of service

    After serving more than four decades in the Department of Defense, Wayne Bechard retired as the manager of the McChord Club in a ceremony here, Sept. 24.Bechard, a native of Yakima, Wash., began his service in 1970 as an enlisted emergency room technician in the Air Force. He later retrained into

  • Shutdown effects for JBLM facilities, services

    Below is a list of effects the government shutdown will have on facilities and services at JBLM. All Exchange services will be opened and operating under normal hours. Commissaries open Oct. 1, then closed starting Oct. 2. All emergency services will be operating as normal. The Child

  • C-17 maintainer awarded Purple Heart

    An Airman from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was awarded the Purple Heart medal at a ceremony here, Sept. 27.Senior Airman Anthony Haupert, 62nd AMXS communications and navigation systems specialist, sustained injuries during a deployment last year to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, when the

  • DOD spells out closure contingency plan guidance

    DOD officials today issued guidance to the force in the event appropriations lapse Oct. 1 and a government shutdown results. Officials emphasize they still hope Congress can avoid that but say it is prudent to take such steps.The eight-page document gives basic guidance to commanders and directors

  • Memo prepares DOD employees for government shutdown

    Although Defense Department officials believe a government shutdown can be avoided when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, they want DOD employees to be prepared for the possibility, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a memo issued to the workforce Sept. 23.The fiscal year ends Sept. 30,

  • JBLM Airmen, Soldiers complete joint exercise

    Working side by side in the darkness of the early morning hours of Sept. 19 at McChord Field, Airmen and Soldiers checked gauges, took measurements and made weight calculations for two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems prior to loading them onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.The units

  • Motivating Airmen for years to come

    Five weeks of lectures, book work and staring at white walls is not the reputation some Airmen want for the Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School here. In an effort to enrich the school house, three Airmen from the Rising Four recently painted a mural for the school's learning resource center.More