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  • DANTES test funding available

    Fiscal year 2014 funding is now available for Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support funded exams, including computer and paper-based testing and transcript services.DANTES provides up-front funding of first-time exams for eligible military and civilian examinees at national test

  • Congratulations to quarterly award winners

    Congratulations to the following to the 62nd Airlift Wing quarterly award winners for the months of July through Sept. 2013. They will be competing at the Team McChord Quarterly Awards Luncheon on Nov. 7 at 11:30 a.m. at McChord Field's Co-located Club. To attend RSVP at:

  • 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,