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Combat skills course 2008

Recycling center puts McChord on the map

Curtis Carlisle, working in the Recycling center warehouse, prepares to load bales of mixed paper onto a trailer for transport to a local vendor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Recycling center puts McChord on the map

Darrly Slack sorts through recyclable corrugated boxes and places them on a conveyer belt to be compacted and moved to the warehouse staging area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Deep Freeze team departs for first-ever night vision goggle mission

Maj. Thomas Jensen, a pilot with the 97th Airlift Squadron, displays a set of night vision goggles that make flight operations possible even in complete darkness. Operation Deep Freeze is comprised of a Total Force team featuring personnel from the 62nd Airlift Wing and the 446th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Deep Freeze team departs for first-ever night vision goggle mission

Operation Deep Freeze Commander Lt. Col. Jim McGann, 62nd Operations Group, briefs local media prior to his departure. The mission would allow the Deep Freeze Team to provide year round support for the National Science Foundation in Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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McChord hosts Northwest Military Clam Chowder Cook-off

Specialists Ezekiel Ruckle and Jiao Tengbo, Soliders with the 1st Special Forces Group at Fort Lewis, add ingredients to their award-winning clam chowder during the presentation portion of the competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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McChord hosts Northwest Military Clam Chowder Cook-off

Naval Hospital Bremerton Sailors wait for a reaction from contest judge Col. Shane Hershman, 62nd Airlift Wing vice commander, left, and Lt. Col. Eric Payne, 62nd Mission Support Group, during the judging portion of the competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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McChord hosts Northwest Military Clam Chowder Cook-off

Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Ferber and Airman 1st Class Jeffery Juan, both 62nd SVS, demonstrate teamwork by sharing duties during the early stages of the competition.(U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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McChord hosts Northwest Military Clam Chowder Cook-off

Lt. Col. Christopher Lavallee, 62nd Services Squadron commander, welcomes participants to the Northwest Military Clam Chowder cook-off. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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APS visit

Col. Jeffrey Stephenson, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, meets 62nd Aerial Port Squadron Airmen during a recent visit. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Heather Boos)

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ASOS Airman

Staff Sgt. Daniel Strom punches in coordinates inside a Stryker assault vehicle to verify his position during a recent deployment. Sergeant Strom was embedded with Army forces to communicate coordinates for close-air support during fire fights with enemy ground forces.

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Pipeline students, from left to right, Airman Major Grace, Airman Basic Chris Polanco, Airman 1st Class Rickey Martin and Airman 1st Class Erik Silva review a technical order index binder prior to checking out equipment from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s consolidated tool kit shop.

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Tech. Sgt. Ed Deleon, 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 12, lectures Canadian air force maintainers on the C-17 Globemaster III's secondary flight controls during a recent hydraulics class.

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C-17 maintenance instructor Tech. Sgt. Tony Hendry, 373rd TRS, Det. 12, reviews a lesson plan with students in the squadron's flight control trainer room.

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Instructor Staff Sgt. Jesus Lopez, 373rd TRS, Det. 12, left, looks on as Airman Martin runs through a series of checks while operating the maintenance monitor panel aboard a C-17. Airman Martin will remain at McChord as a flying crew chief after completing approximately 38 days of pipeline training.

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Staff Sgt. Brian Durbin, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, uses a digital technical order system to apply external power to a C-17 Globemaster III Trainer Evaluation Performance Aircraft Training Set during a recent class. The TEPATS is used to train flight deck operation and maintenance, avionics, communications and flight controls.

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Training Squadron

Airman Basic Timothy Brammer, right, seated in the cockpit of a C-17 flight control trainer, learns to operate the flight controls during a recent class while Airman Basic Nicholas Tran slips into his seat to await his turn. The Airmen are going through training before being assigned to a base. (All photos by Abner Guzman.)

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ID Scan

Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen, 62nd Communications Squadron, pauses at the front gate while U.S. Protect contractor Erica Green scans his ID before allowing access on base in June. The use of the hand-held scanner defense identification system here was recently suspended in compliance with a request from the Office of the Secretary of Defense that all uniformed services utilizing Mobilisa take it offline until further notice. (Photo by Abner Guzman.)

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New commander

Col. Jeffrey Stephenson, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, addresses Team McChord at last month's change-of-command ceremony.

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Change of Command

Maj. Gen. James Hawkins, left, 18th Air Force commander, presents Col. Jeffrey Stephenson the 62nd Airlift Wing flag at the change-of-command ceremony Wednesday at Hangar 4.

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