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

Block party event draws crowd, crowns Icon champion

Despite warm temperatures, McChord's Hot Summer Nights and Block Party event Aug. 15 dazzled attendees with live music, a car show, an exciting cardboard boat race and an entertaining finish to Air Mobility Command's Icon singing competition. Seven teams entered the inaugural cardboard boat race at

Electric Avenue

Commander deploys to Koren exercise

Col. Jeffrey Stephenson, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, deployed to Yongsan Garrison, Seoul, Republic of Korea, this week in support of the Combined Forces Command's Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2008 exercise. The colonel will serve as the deputy director of mobility forces for the exercise, which starts

McChord aids in Republic of Georgia operations

McChord's deployed 4th Airlift Squadron flew missions aiding in the redeployment of approximately 2,000 Georgian troops from Iraq to Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday and Monday after the Georgian government asked the United States for assistance. The 4th AS Airmen are deployed as the 817th