62nd SFS team takes aim for Rodeo 2007

Editors note: This is the first in a four part series of articles highlighting McChord's Rodeo 2007 competitors. They pound pavement six days a week, often decked out in helmets, body armor and weapons. Sweat, pain and endless training -- that's life as they'll know it for the next five weeks. The

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Military families get help from new TriWest initiative

TriWest Healthcare Alliance recently launched Help From Home, a multimedia initiative to help servicemembers and their families in the TRICARE West Region get through deployment-related challenges. One of the many available resources is an updated and expanded Help From Home video designed and

Post increases gate security: New policy at Fort Lewis mandates all over age 16 have identification ready

Beginning today, every adult entering Fort Lewis through one of the installation gates must show a valid photo identification card or be sponsored onto the post at the visitor's center. In a recent message to the field, the Army's leadership renewed its emphasis on access to installations, directing

Base immunizations clinic offers protection against certain cancers

Gardasil, the vaccine for human papillomavirus, is available to females ages 9 to 26 on a walk-in basis at McChord's Immunization Clinic. Approved for use in the Air Force in November 2006, the vaccine has been available to females at McChord since early this year, said Capt. Tim Spence, 62nd

AMC Rodeo team to visit base for in-progress review

Brig. Gen. Kip Self and members of Air Mobility Command's staff Rodeo team will arrive here Sunday for a three-day planning conference with the 62nd Airlift Wing's Rodeo staff. General Self, commander of the Air Force Expeditionary Center at Fort Dix, N.J., became Rodeo commander recently when Maj.

Special Olympics kicks off tonight

More than 2,000 athletes from across the state will come together at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Hangar 2 to kick off the 2007 Washington Special Olympic Summer Games. For the 17th consecutive year, McChord will host the opening ceremony, as well as Saturday night's Victory Dance and Happenings. The

Base springs to action in exercise: Off-base training tests base’s communication with local authorities

Airmen here worked with local emergency response officials to conduct a major accident response exercise in Lakewood Wednesday. The exercise, which took place at an abandoned runway at Clover Park Technical College, revolved around a mock aircraft accident, said Maj. Anthony Calabrese, 62nd Airlift

Running clinic to take place at base track: Event will teach Airmen techniques on improving mile-and-a-half run time

Airmen who want to improve their running speed can attend a free clinic here Monday at the 400-meter track. The clinic will be split into two sessions, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. and 5 to 6:30 p.m., and is open to all personnel not on a profile. Airmen who attend will learn how to improve their running