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Parents help their children with a craft during a recent activity day at the Child Development Center. The CDC received funding for construction upgrades and training during the fiscal closeout Sept. 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Defense attache visit

Staff Sgt. Kasie Spearman, 62nd Force Support Squadron, answers questions from foreign defense attachés concerning personnel readiness during a C-17 Globemaster III static display Wednesday in Hangar 4. The group was visiting McChord as part of the Fall 2008 Defense Attaché Operations Orientation Program that introduces the Foreign Defense Attachés to Defense Department and federal agency personnel, missions, facilities, training, weapons systems and capabilities, and exposes them to the industrial, historical and cultural aspects of American society. The program builds on the cooperation between the Defense Department and foreign militaries. McChord was included in a tour including a stop at Fort Lewis and several stops in Alaska.

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Read for Record

Tracye Kakely, McChord United Services Organization center manager, reads “Corduroy” by Dan Freeman to a group of first graders Thursday at Carter Lake Elementary as part of the Read for Record Jumpstart campaign. More than 162 children in the kindergarten and first grade participated in the event and also received the book to take home. The national initiative raises awareness of the importance of early childhood education and encourages hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book on the same day.

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Joint basing town hall

Timothy Downs, 62nd Civil Engineer Squadron, left, asks Col. Shane Hershman, Air Mobility Command Joint Base Lewis-McChord initiative director, a question concerning prescriptions at McChord’s pharmacy.

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Mentoring moment

The 62nd Airlift Wing’s new command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Cary Hatzinger, speaks with an Airman about readiness and the upcoming Ability To Survive and Operate Training. With 22 years of Air Force experience, Chief Hatzinger maintains a critical link between the 62nd Airlift Wing commander and enlisted Airmen of the wing. The command chief also ensures the commander's policies are known and understood by the 2,900 enlisted Airmen assigned to the wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Seal of approval

Airman 1st Class Joseph Pirtle, 62nd Civil Engineer Squadron, tests the seal on Master Sgt. Chris Dahm’s, 62nd CES, protective mask during an exercise to train and prepare Exercise Evaluation Team members for the upcoming wingwide ability to survive and operate training and mobility exercise.

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POW/MIA luncheon

Airman 1st Class Peter Nodland, 62nd Operations Support Squadron, right, listens as Thomas C. Nelson, a former Prisoner of War tells his story during a meet and greet at the McChord club Sept 18. Nelson was captured during the Battle of Santa Cruz by the Japanese destroyer Yugumo in 1942 while serving in the Navy as an aviation radioman aboard the USS Enterprise CV-6 and interned in Japan for the remainder of the war. Presently, he is only of two surviving POW's interned in Japan who are also Pearl Harbor Survivors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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McChord Airmen join residents at Puyallup Fair

PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Airman 1st Class Jonas Pelayo, 62nd Communications Squadron, helps Mr. Doug Brown, from the Washington Soldiers Home, while at the Puyallup Fair. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bud McKay)

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McChord Airmen join residents at Puyallup Fair

PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Tech. Sgt. Herbert Cabling, 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, and Mr. Breen, from the Washington Soldiers Home, watch a cooking demonstration at the Puyallup Fair. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bud McKay)

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McChord Airmen join residents at Puyallup Fair

PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Master Sgt. Eric Wentworth, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, talks with Mr. Elbert “Al” Senyohl, from the Washington Soldiers Home, while at the Puyallup Fair. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bud McKay)

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Foofaraw fun

McChord airmen arrive at Foofaraw 2008 on Sept 5. The 46th Annual military appreciation event honors the sacrifice of local Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen making service members the guest of the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce and Olympia Yacht Club for a day of fun. Airmen were paired with local ship captains aboard private yachts and sailed to a Puget Sound Island owned by the Yacht Club for a day of sports, games and food. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Dean Miller)

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Night vision

Lt. Col. Robert Weichert, a C-17 evaluator pilot with the 313th Airlift Squadron at McChord looks out over the ice after the first-ever night vision-assisted landing on Pegasus Ice Runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica Thursday. Lieutenant Colonel Weichert is part of a crew testing the concept of using night vision technology in combination with reflective cones and limited electrical lighting to land safely on the ice runway after dark. The historic mission was conducted by Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii and led by the 13th Air Force. The joint task force is currently conducting Operation Deep Freeze in support of the National Science Foundation and U.S. Antarctic Program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chris Vadnais)

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General visit

Maj. Gen. Winfield "Skip" Scott III, 18th Air Force commander, talks with Col. Jeffrey Stephenson, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, after arriving at McChord Aug. 26. The 18th AF commander and former Team McChord member returned for a visit to the Great Northwest Aug. 26-28. (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy White)

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Beating Gustav

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A Total Force contingency of active-duty and reserve aerial port Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron here and the 87th APS at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, load equipment aboard a C-17 Globemaster III for transport to New Orleans International Airport on Aug. 30. Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., delivered an Air Force contingency response team and 15,500 lbs of cargo to New Orleans in preparation for Hurricane Gustav. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Oshawn Jefferson)

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General visit

Tech. Sgt. Damien Slaughter, 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, talks with Command Chief Master Sgt. James Cody, 18th Air Force command chief, at the Olympic Dining Facility here Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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General visit

Tech. Sgt. Jason Rickman, 62nd AMXS, briefs General Scott on AFSO 21 trailer initiatives in the consolodated tool kit shop here Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Push it

Members of the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, perform push-ups during a Red Cross fundraiser sponsored by the 1st Sergeant Council Friday at the base track. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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Push it

Staff Sgt. Jason Wells, left, and Tech Sgt. William Henderson from the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, perform push-ups during a Red Cross fundraiser sponsored by the 1st Sergeant Council Friday at the base track. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)

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OPC

Airman 1st Class Ana Leal-Morales, a camp counselor and 62nd FSS member, instructs campers on the rules of an outdoor game.

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OPC

Shauna Binkowski, 16, of Fort Lewis points to a photo of her father on the camp’s Wall of Honor. Binkowski’s father is an Army warrant officer assigned to Fort Lewis.

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