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  • Aerial Port uses x-ray vision

    Air Force Passenger Terminal representatives from around the world met at the McChord Air Field Passenger Terminal for training lead by the International Air Transport Association Aug. 1st through 5th at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., The 15 Airmen attended the training to update to update their

  • 627th ABG Airman receives American Red Cross Heroes award

    The American Red Cross South Puget Sound Chapter hosted their annual 2016 Heroes luncheon Sept. 28 in Tacoma, Wash.This year, the local chapter honored individuals from the community at the Hotel Murano Bicentennial Pavilion in Tacoma, Wash., with more than 400 members of the community gathered

  • JBLM senior enlisted leadership members PT together

    The top tier of Air Force and Army senior enlisted members got together Sept. 29, at Heritage Hill on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. for an early-morning physical training session.JBLM chief master sergeants and sergeant majors get together once a month for leadership training and mentorship across

  • Team McChord celebrates Air Force birthday

    Team McChord with the help of the Air Force Association McChord Chapter hosted the 2016 Air Force Ball at the Lemay America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, Sept. 23. Approximately 500 Airmen of all ranks, Soldiers, civilian employees, family and friends gathered to celebrate the honor and legacy

  • 62 AMXS win USTRANSCOM Innovation Award

    The 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Innovation Team was selected for the United States Transportation Command Commander's Innovation Showcase Award for the third quarter on Sept. 16. The Innovation Showcase award was established in 2012 to recognize USTRANSCOM teams that demonstrate innovation

  • McChord hosts International Partners for Mobility Guardian prep

    The 62nd Airlift Wing hosted more than 20 air crew members from Belgium, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Pakistan, Canada, Taiwan, Brazil and Australia Sept. 21, as part of Air Mobility Command’s Mobility Guardian in progress review at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.Mobility Guardian is AMC’s next

  • Airmen attend Navy led JA training

    Airmen assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing legal office attended vicarious trauma training led by the Navy Judge Advocate Group Command and toured the USS John C. Stennis, Sept. 15 in Bremerton, Wash.Vicarious trauma is the emotional residue of exposure that counselors have from working with people as

  • Team McChord Airmen honor POW/MIAs

    Team McChord Airmen teamed up with the Air Force Sergeants Association to honor and remember prisoners of war and those missing in action during the POW/MIA Remembrance week Sept. 12 through 16 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The annual event kicked off Sept. 12 with a wreath laying

  • A wreath to remember

    Ninety-two-year-old retired multiservice group and war veteran, Maj. Bob Meyer knows well what it’s like to be a prisoner of war. Meyer, who now lives near Belfair, Wash., served in the U.S. Army in World War II, the Air Force during the Korean War and, later, even enlisted in the Navy.Two years

  • JBLM coach leads Air Force to silver

    Lt. Col. John McQuade can easily crossover from the mentality of being the deputy commander of the 627th Air Base Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to coaching the All-Air Force rugby team. In his mind, success comes from people buying into the mantra of “why.”“If we can all see the same ‘why,’