McChord completes first-ever Antarctica night vision goggle mission

On Sept. 11 Team McChord Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings assigned to Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica took off from Christchurch, New Zealand, and landed at McMurdo Station completing the first-ever night vision goggle mission there. "The successful completion of this mission

18 AF commander visits McChord

The 18th Air Force commander and former Team McChord member returned for a visit to the Great Northwest Aug. 26-28. "I couldn't be prouder of the Airmen here at McChord," said Maj. Gen. Winfield "Skip" W. Scott III. General Scott completed his first assignment in the Air Force in McChord's 8th

General visit

McChord deploys for Hurricane Gustav response efforts

'Anytime, any place,' McChord put those words into action in the wee hours Saturday morning as they headed off to Travis Air Force Base, Calif., for Hurricane Gustav preparation efforts. Without knowing what or who they were picking up, the first of three C-17 Globemaster IIIs took off with Airmen

McChord delivers Airmen and supplies to New Orleans

A C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., provided rapid deployment of a four-man team and their 15,500 lbs of cargo from the 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., into New Orleans International Airport in preparation for Hurricane Gustav Saturday

Push-up contest builds teamwork

Base squadron teams met at the base track pavilion here Aug. 22 to flex their push-up muscles in a contest designed to build teamwork and raise money to benefit the victims of recent flooding in the Midwest. The inaugural First Sergeants Push-up Contest pitted teams of squadron members against each

McChord leads the way: Operation Purple Camp

More than 100 children of military parents participated in Operation Purple Camp Aug. 18-22 at Island Lake Camp in Central Kitsap on the Key Peninsula. Approximately 50 were children of McChord's hard-working military personnel. The camp served as a week-long home to teenagers who have a parent

Back to school time raises safety concerns

It's that time of year again when the weather cools down, the days get shorter and the leaves start to fall from trees. It's time to break out the text books, pencils, notebooks and thinking caps and head back to the classroom. As children head back, base officials want everyone to remember safety

Base officials stress safety over long weekend

On the eve of the Labor Day weekend and with just a few days remaining in the 101 Critical Days of Summer program, base officials are asking Airmen to continue to keep safety a top priority throughout the final weeks of the campaign, which wraps up Monday. Last year from July 29 to the end of the

Housing privatization town halls set

In an ongoing effort to inform base housing residents about the design and development of the new housing community on McChord set to start Oct. 1, housing privatization officials will host two town hall-style meetings next week. The meetings are set for 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the base