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  • One-Stop Shop: Fitness Assessment Cell’s new location

    After three months of construction, the McChord Field Fitness Assessment Cell is open for business.The FAC, formerly located near building 552 behind the Airman and Family Readiness Center, has been re-located next to the track on Battery Road.According to Senior Master Sgt. Cleofas Trejo, 627th

  • Deal averts shutdown, normal government operations to continue

    Government agencies are continuing normal operations after the administration, the Senate and the House of Representatives agreed to a fiscal 2011 budget.The continuing resolution expired last night at midnight, but the Senate and House passed a short-term funding bill that will allow both houses to

  • A day in the life of a munitions Airman

    Master Sgt. Frank Erzar, 62nd Maintenance Squadron munitions flight superintendent, sorts through expended small arms April 5 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The munitions flight carefully sorts through the brass, which comes from the firing range, in search of live rounds to make sure they are

  • McChord Field houses unique legal system

    Whether it's a court martial, a Uniform Code of Military Justice violation or a personal power of attorney, Team McChord handles several types of legal business. On McChord Field alone, there are three separate organizations that handle legal matters: the 62nd Airlift Wing Judge Advocate office, the

  • Service members would earn pay during shutdown

    Military members would continue to earn wages in the event of an April 8 shutdown of the federal government, but they'd have to wait to collect them until Congress agrees on a budget, a senior administration official said here April 6.During a telephone briefing administered by the Office of

  • McChord Main Gate, Phase 2, to redirect mid-April traffic

    The next phase in gate upgrades is coming soon to the McChord Field Main Gate on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and drivers should prepare for more traffic pattern changes beginning the evening of April 13. Contractors will begin Phase 2 of the construction project on that date with completion scheduled