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  • Lunch and Leadership Lecture series: Transitioning from Service

    Members of Team McChord gathered for the third Lunch and Leadership Lecture, hosted by the 62nd Airlift Wing Feb. 3 at the McChord Chapel Support Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.The series of lectures are open to all Team McChord personnel interested in leadership related topics.This month’s

  • Employee Assistance Program seeks to help

    The name of the office often times confuses people, the Employee Assistance Program does not offer resume building or critiquing, nor do they help you find a job, there’s a different office for that, but the EAP office does offer a selection of valuable services to Department of Defense

  • AMC commander visits JBLM, discusses critical missions

    The commander of Air Mobility Command visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 29 through Feb. 2 to meet and speak with Airmen and Soldiers here about the installation’s role in critical national missions. While here, Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, AMC commander, also participated in a C-17

  • The History of the National Children’s Dental Health Month

    The history of the National Children’s Dental Health Month began 3 Feb. 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio.  The American Dental Association designated one day to observe Children’s Dental Health.  In 1955, the event pushed to a one-week event.  In 1981, the ADA voted to extend the event to a one-month

  • Congratulations to the 2016 62AW Annual Award winners

    Congratulations to the following members ofTeam McChord who were named the 2016 62nd Airlift Wing Annual Award recipients.Key SpouseMrs. Rachel Deaton, 62nd Maintenance GroupCivilian Category IMr. Brandon Mudrey, 62nd Maintenance GroupCivilian Category IIAMr. Lowell Mooney Jr, 62nd Operations

  • Grill menu keeps it fresh

    Laughter pierced the halls of The Club at McChord Field as people packed into the newly-reopened McChord Grill and Bar to enjoy the menu of food and the casual environment Jan. 19. “I’m very excited about opening and to highlight our new concept of more healthy, more gourmet and cook to fresh food,”

  • McChord simulators keep pilots ready

    For C-17 Globemaster III pilots, training in the aircraft is ideal, but most of their training is performed on the ground in one of four C-17 simulators located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.McChord C-17 pilots maintain current and ready for any mission at a moments notice by conducting

  • McChords’ 373rd TRS provides world class training

    Teaching is something every instructor and supervisor in the 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 12, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash., takes very seriously as they provide world-class aircraft maintenance training to meet the evolving expeditionary mission requirements of the C-17 Globemaster III

  • Smith takes command of 62nd Ops Group

    Lt. Col. Brian Smith took command of the 62nd Operations Group during a Change of Responsibility ceremony Jan. 6, at the McChord Field Theater at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.  Smith took command from Col. David Owens, the former 62nd OG commander, who is moving on to command the 317th

  • JBLM unit wins 2016 Weather Squadron of the Year

    Airmen from the 1st Weather Squadron earned bragging rights after recently being named by the Air Force as the most outstanding weather squadron for 2016.“I was ecstatic for the Airmen here in the squadron,” said Lt. Col. Troy Kirk, 1st Weather Squadron commander. “You don’t always see the fruit of