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  • Pierce Transit expands bus route on base

    Pierce Transit has made things easier for people here looking to save gas money and avoid traffic by using public transportation. Bus service to McChord has been expanded and now offers service to the base's passenger terminal. The 300A bus now makes 11 weekday stops at the passenger terminal. The

  • Best-of-the-best from 62nd MXG work to wow Rodeo judges

    Editor's note: This is the third in a four part series of articles highlighting McChord's Rodeo 2007 competitors. For months now, they've been devising their plan on just how to best awe their opponents. The first step was to hunt for the most exceptional maintainers in the 62nd Maintenance Group.

  • Congrats to McChord's new promotees

    The following Airmen from McChord were recently selected for promotion to master sergeant: --Tech. Sgt. James Davis, 1st Air Support Operations Group --Tech. Sgt. Thomas Prochazka, 1st Weather Squadron --Tech. Sgt. Ronnie Fleming, 5th Air Support Operations Squadron --Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Midguard,

  • Homeland defense exercise wraps up

    Five F-16 Fighting Falcons staged here this week for an exercise designed to test emergency action procedures throughout the Western Air Defense Sector's area of responsibility and practice strategic planning between WADS, North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Northern Command and Canadian

  • APS trains hard to earn trophy

    Editor's note: This is the second in a four part series of articles highlighting McChord's Rodeo 2007 competitors. It's been less than 18 months since the bellows of training instructors stopped ringing in his ears, yet Airman 1st Class Shawn Brown already has one trip to Iraq behind him. His

  • Ops Air Force gives cadets look at life after classroom

    McChord Airmen are getting a opportunity to show Air Force Academy cadets first-hand what life is like outside the classroom. Twenty-nine cadets from the Air Force Academy are staying here for three weeks as part of the Operation Air Force program. The program gives the cadets the opportunity to get

  • Base officials help Airmen make ‘Right Decision’

    Enlisted Airmen here within 12 to 15 months of their separation dates got a chance to learn about the benefits associated with continued military service Tuesday at the base theater. During the monthly intimate four-hour "Right Decision" briefing, base career counselor Master Sgt. Lorenzo Jones,