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  • JBLM participates in Seahawks Draft Day event

    For the first time in the history of the National Football League, all 32 teams were allowed to conduct the third day of the NFL Draft, May 2, however they wanted. The Seattle Seahawks decided to share this day with service members and families from throughout the Puget Sound.Joint Base

  • Sexual Assault: A conversation with a survivor

    She had just returned from a party her freshman year in college when a close friend of the family and trusted mentor did the unthinkable. It was the first weekend she'd been allowed to stay off campus. After having one too many drinks she was picked up from the party by her boyfriend and driven to

  • AMC announces cancellation of Rodeo 2015

    Air Mobility Command announced today that the 2015 Rodeo readiness competition, which was scheduled to take place at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in August, has been canceled.General Darren McDew, AMC commander, decided to cancel the competition largely because of the high current operations tempo for

  • What it means to be a First Sergeant

    Making decisions that can affect another's life can be a difficult choice to make, but with the help and opinion of others, it can be made a little easier. First sergeants on McChord Field spoke to 57 potential first sergeants and additional duty first sergeants at the First Sergeant's Symposium,

  • Down and Dirty with Contingency Response

    More than 130 Airmen from five wings across Air Mobility Command and the Air National Guard participated in a contingency response exercise March 29 through April 3 at three locations in California.Exercise Golden Hydra was developed by Travis Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing and the

  • Kids win at annual fishing derby

    Whether it's for the sport, for the prizes, or just to enjoy the sunshine, Team McChord families keep coming back to the Annual Top III Children's Fishing Derby at Carter Lake on JBLM.The derby, which has been held for more than a decade, offers children aged one to 14 years old, split into four age

  • McChord Field Spouses Club and first sergeants bake cookies for Airmen

    Airmen living in the dorms may feel far from the comforts of home, but spouses and first sergeants on McChord Field have taken it into their own hands to show theAirmen that they are appreciated and recognized.The McChord Field Spouses Club baked homemade cookies in the days leading up to April 17,

  • How your AFAF contributions count

    Donating to charity is one way that people can make a difference in the lives of others. Depending on which charity you choose to donate to, it can make a difference in your very own family.The Air Force Assistance Fund is an annual effort to raise funds for charities that support members of the Air

  • POW shares experience with Team McChord

    Life as a prisoner of war can be difficult to imagine, but with the help of a former POW, Airmen got an insight of what it is like inside a prison camp. Retired Lt. Col. Barry Bridger, a former POW, shared some of his stories with Airmen at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 16, 2015, about his