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,

‘Great synergy’ Team McChord: Rodeo commander praises competition preparation efforts

More than 80 people convened in Hangar 4 this week as part of a planning think tank for the Rodeo 2007 competition to be held here July 22 to 28. Career-field experts and logistical planners from Air Mobility Command, the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center and McChord participated in a three-day

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.