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  • Airmen have no excuse for GTC misuse.

    Searching for fallacies in the math, holes in the numbers and keeping financial paperwork in order is the purview of the 446th Airlift Wing's financial management office. They also keep tabs on how Reservists use their government travel cards and how accurately they file their travel vouchers. Both items seem to spawn a few problems for some
  • A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., reaches its parking spot and is prepared for cargo offload Dec. 13, 2007, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. In January 2009, Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing, McChord will provide direct support from Ramstein AB, for airlift requirements in the European and African areas of operation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman First Class Kenny Holston)

    Reserve command commits to European, African areas of operation

    In a coordinated effort between U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Air Mobility Command and the Air Force Reserve Command, USAFE will now have two dedicated C-17s that can provide direct support for strategic airlift requirements in the European and African areas of operation, as well as other world wide missions. The 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force

  • Retention, Retention, Retention! Know your benefits when making career decision

    If you're thinking about separating from the Reserve, make sure you've done your research before making your move. Consider this number: 96.9 percent. This is the retention percentage for the 446th Airlift Wing from the last quarter. In other words, the 446th AW kept 1,893 enlisted Reservists out of the 1,954 assigned.  Not to bad, by most

  • SERE 100 training mandatory for all Airmen

    All Airmen are required to have the Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape 100 computer-based training course finished by June 30. It is required to be taken every 20 months from then on. As the war on terror progresses, all Airmen are vulnerable to harrowing situations. "As we've seen recently, the capture of military personnel has the potential
  • (Left to right) Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman, Air Force chief of staff; Chief Master Sgt. Carol Smits, Air Force Reserve Command senior enlisted advisor; and Maj. Gen. Robert A. McIntosh, AFRC commander, look on as the new Air Force Reserve Command flag is presented. The ceremony, establishing AFRC as the Air Force's ninth major command, took place Feb. 17, 1997, during the Reserve Officers Association Mid-Winter Conference and Military Exposition at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Prior to becoming a MAJCOM, the Reserve functioned as a field operating agency.

    Sixty years of evolution gives us today's Air Force Reserve

    Last year the Air Force celebrated its 60th Anniversary as a separate service. This year, the Air Force Reserve gets its place in the spotlight, celebrating its 60th birthday. Air Force Reserve is used to being the "sidekick" to its active duty big brother. But the presence of the AFRC Reservist in today's Air Force is strong, respected and
  • Master Sgt. Kevin King, 446th Airlift Control Flight, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., adjusts an inmersat antenna during Pacific Lifeline Feb. 4. Pacific Lifeline was a humanitarian assistance disaster response exercise that took place over three Hawaiian Islands Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. More than 900 Department of Defense personnel participated, including 145 Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)

    Airlift control Airmen set the stage for operations

    Of the 12 Reservists in nine specialties from the 446th Airlift Control Flight, not one of them could evacuate an injured citizen to a waiting hospital. Then again, nobody could without the help of these 12 Airmen, who participated in Pacific Lifeline Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. Pacific Lifeline is a humanitarian assistance disaster response exercise which
  • Master Sgt. Todd Lamphere, 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron first sergeant from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., talks with Tech. Sgt. Mark Marinov, one of the PERSCO team members from the 446th Mission Support Squadron, during the Pacific Lifeline exercise. Sergeant Lamphere is the first sergeant for everyone at Kauai during the exercise. Pacific Lifeline is a humanitarian assistance disaster response exercise taking place on three Hawaiian Islands Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. More than 900 Department of Defense personnel are participating, including 145 Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing at McChord. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)

    First sergeants offer helping hands during exercise

    They are the go-to person for every Airman. Some days they are disciplinarians; on others they are an Airman's best friend. They help Airmen get through deployments. This deployment is a humanitarian assistance disaster response exercise dubbed, Pacific Lifeline, that began Jan. 26 and ends Feb. 9 on three Hawaiian Islands. The exercise is designed
  • Tech. Sgt. Edwin Ipili and Senior Airman Alisa Olson, logisticians with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., stock medical kits with seven different types of simulated controlled narcotics for use during the Pacific Lifeline in Hawaii. Logisticians take care of all the medical supplies and equipment, ensuring everything is stocked and ready to go for the flight nurses and doctors to take on flights for patient care. The Pacific Lifeline exercise is a humanitarian assistance and disaster response exercise taking place Jan. 26 to Feb. 9 on three Hawaiian Islands. More than 900 Department of Defense personnel are participating, including 145 Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)

    Contingency medical facility pit stop for wounded

    It's different mix of functions - care providers, travel agents, hospital logisticians and mental health providers. Simply put, the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility is a one-stop place for wounded military waiting to leave the combat zone for care in a standard hospital. Working in the CASF is a grueling, manual labor job where physicians,
  • Lt. Col. (Dr.) Eric Johnson, an anesthesiologist with the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., inventories the drug kit to make sure the Critical Care Air Transport team has every medicine it will need during flights for the Pacific Lifeline exercise. Pacific Lifeline is a humanitarian assistance disaster response exercise taking place over three Hawaiian Islands Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. More than 900 Department of Defense personnel are participating, including 145 Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing at McChord. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)

    Reservists provide critical care in the air

    Providing medical care while moving very ill patients over long distances in a short period of time, is the skill being practiced by three Air Force Reserve Airmen as they take part in Pacific Lifeline. A doctor, a nurse, and a respiratory therapist from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron are participating in the Pacific Lifeline exercise in

  • Command cell provides exercise control for aeromedical mission

    Six Reservists from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron are participating in the Pacific Lifeline exercise in Hawaii Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. Pacific Lifeline is a total force exercise designed to exercise the military's ability to rapidly arrive and leave a trained, equipped team anywhere in the Pacific in response to a humanitarian assistance or

  • Pacific Lifeline provides ALCF crucial training

    The fourteen Reservists supporting Pacific Lifeline as part of the 446th Airlift Control Flight package couldn't ask for a sweeter deal. For one, there's the exercise location - Hawaii. After being deprived of sunlight for months in the notoriously gray Pacific Northwest winter, any chance to head to a tropical location and dry off for a bit is
  • Chief Master Sgt. Chandra Gamble and Lt. Col. Jennifer McCleve put a dummy back on the shelf after inspecting it Jan. 30 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The dummy will be used during the Pacific Lifeline exercise Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. More than 900 Department of Defense members are participating in the medical exercise. Chief Gamble is assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, and Colonel McCleve is from the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)

    PIT crew brings realism to Pacific Lifeline exercise

    Airmen from the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron and 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron aren't being graded on the test, but their work impacts those involved with the Pacific Lifeline exercise. Known as the PIT crew, 16 Reservists from McChord are adding realism to the training provided in Pacific Lifeline. PIT actually stands for patient
  • Reservists from the 446th Mission Support Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., prepare for the next wave of personnel to inprocess at Barking Sands Kuaui for the Pacific Lifeline exercise Jan. 26. Pacific Lifeline is a humanitiarian disaster response exercise being played out across three island in Hawaii Jan. 26-Feb. 9 with about 900 Department of Defense personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)

    Exercise support includes handling personnel issues

    Anyone who has deployed before can tell you that in the hustle and bustle of contingency operations, personnel issues can become a bit convoluted. So, even with the participants of Pacific Lifeline corralled on an island, it would be expected that a few Airmen might still get lost - at least in the "system." But not if the Reservists on the

  • Salutes

    Promotions Senior Master Sergeant Patricia Kawaa, 446th ASTS Laura Nepute, 446th AES Doug VanWoudenberg, 446th AMXS Joseph Zebroski, 446th MXS Master Sergeant John Broome, 446th AMXS Ariel Casal, 446th AMXS Peter Duban, 86th APS James Grinnell, 446th AES Randy Pantle, 86th APS Technical Sergeant Tereza Addington, 446th AMDS Jansen Balanay, 446th
  • Master Sgt. Michael Hoover, right, prepares to do some electrical work during the Silver Flag exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Twenty-eight Reservists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in Silver Flag Jan. 6-11. Silver Flag is a wartime training exercise.

    CES Reservists train at Silver Flag

    Twenty-eight Airmen from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron expanded their wartime skills in Florida Jan. 6-11 while participating in the exercise Silver Flag at Tyndall Air Force Base. Silver Flag is a wartime training scenario hosted by Detachment 1, 823rd "Red Horse" Civil Engineer Squadron. The training is a mix of classroom studying, hands-on
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