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  • Use care when lighting up holidays

    The holiday tradition of stringing lights on the outside of the house, across the mantle and on the Christmas tree is commonplace in households across the nation.McChord Fire Department officials are asking Airmen and their families to take note of a few key safety tips when it comes to lighting up

  • Fitness Center program garners Five-Star status

    The 62nd Force Support Squadron recently earned Five-Star status for the fourth time in the last five years for its fitness programs here.The award, which is given by the Air Force Services Agency, provides annual recognition and acknowledgement for bases that have reached the highest standard of

  • McChord Airmen fuel Operation Deep Freeze

    Airmen from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in support of Operation Deep Freeze completed the first operational C-17 Globemaster III airdrop to the Antarctic Gamburtsev Mountain Province Nov. 26. Thirty bundles of fuel and other supplies were

  • Upcoming exercise impacts entire base

    Long lines and long waits will likely be commonplace at McChord the entire first week of December due to an anti-terrorism exercise. Other than personnel reporting for duty, base officials are strongly urging people with routine, non-emergency business to postpone their errands until the exercise

  • TACC commander discusses mission, manning during visit

    Commands Air Force-wide have felt personnel constraints at every level, and the operations center responsible for centralized command and control of Air Force and commercial contract air mobility is no different. But officials at the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center are finding creative ways to

  • Obstetric clinic now open on McChord

    A fully operational obstetric clinic opened Nov. 1 at the McChord medical Clinic here to provide quality pre-natal care up to the time of delivery for pregnant Airmen and their family members. "The clinic is designed to provide quality care with the same caregiver throughout the duration of

  • Army addresses civilian town hall

    McChord civilian employees gathered Wednesday at the McChord Clubs and Community Center for a town hall forum to further discuss joint basing personnel issues and hear from leadership representing both services. The Army has been designated as the lead for Joint Base Lewis-McChord for managing and

  • McChord joins the Great American Smokeout

    Airmen are encouraged to give themselves 24 hours without tobacco on Thursday as part of the Great American Smokeout campaign. Air Force senior leaders, including Chief Master Sergeant Rodney McKinley, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, have taken an active role in the campaign and are urging

  • Airmen take care of Airmen on Wingman Day

    Taking care of your wingman is fundamental to our Air Force culture. McChord Airmen celebrate Wingman Day Nov. 20 with a series of events promoting the Wingman culture - taking care of fellow Airmen. The day's events include unit-level activities capped with a mandatory briefing in the base theater