Professionals of the Week

62nd AW Airmen 'answer the call'

When our East Coast neighbors needed resources to restore power, they asked for help and Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing were among the first to "answer the call" and provide the assistance they needed.Within three hours of notification, the first 62nd AW crew departed McChord Field in the early

Seattle news crews rush to cover McChord's Sandy relief efforts

62nd AW Airmen deploy in response to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts

A C-17 Globemaster III departed early morning Nov. 1 in support of Hurricane Sandy response operations. Along with aircraft and crews from 11 active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve bases across the nation, McChord Field Airmen are flying to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to pick-up

PACOM CMC visits McChord Field

McChord Airmen selected for Senior and Intermediate Development Education

Congratulations to the following individuals for their selection to Senior Developmental Education and Intermediate Developmental Education.SDE:Lt. Col. Eric Moritz - Naval War CollegeLt. Col. Harmon Lewis - Naval War CollegeLt. Col. T.J. O'Connell - AlternateIDE:Maj. Michael Haire - Air Command &

Congratulations to NCO Academy Class 12-7

Congratulations to the following technical sergeants who graduated the Forrest L. Vosler NCO Academy Oct. 30, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.Distinguished graduateWesley EngleGraduatesHerbert DungcaPaige FryeAndrew HamiltonAdam HargroveJohn HavensSean HooperMichael HumphreyJames JohnsonShane

Professional gathering signals a new approach to professional development

Air Mobility Command is taking advantage of a single symposium to take the place of 11 separate conferences that would have otherwise been held throughout the past year. To get there, officials had to re-imagine how to get the same value out of 4-hour conferences at a single symposium that they had

Mobility Airmen to honor General Johns with Order of Sword

Air Mobility Command enlisted men and women will present Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., AMC commander, the prestigious Order of the Sword in a formal ceremony here, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Scott Club. More than 300 Airmen from across the command are expected to attend.Johns was formally notified of

APS Airman honored at American Red Cross heroes breakfast

An Airman from the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron was honored Oct. 24 at the 2012 American Red Cross Pierce County Heroes Breakfast.Staff Sgt. Landon Jensen, 62nd APS ramp services supervisor, received the "Military Hero Award" for saving a woman from a burning car last year. "Our annual heroes breakfast