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  • McChord Reservists bring medical equipment to El Salvador

    Reservists from the 97th Airlift Squadron left McChord April 14, flying to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio for a special mission: transporting medical supplies to a children's hospital in El Salvador.Thanks to the Denton Humanitarian Assistance Program and the 446th Airlift Wing, over 12,000

  • Reserve maintainers earn props from AMC

    Air Mobility Command has honored two Reservists from the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here for their outstanding work as associate wing maintainers.Master Sgt. Jeffrey Daniels and Senior Airman Mailani Akey received the 2012 AMC Outstanding Reserve Associate Maintenance Award, which is given

  • Salutes for April 2012

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who have been promoted, are new to the wing, or retiring.PromotionsChief Master SergeantAnthony Mack, 446th AWMaster SergeantJeremy Burlingame, 36th APSNatasha Kienow, 446th FSSLanisha Metz, 36th APSMichael Mundell, 97th

  • Seasoned medical officer learns by experience in deployment

    Even with a diverse skill set and years of training and experience, Maj. Peter Jorgensen proves there's always something new to learn.The 28-year medical professional has held many positions throughout a lucrative career, beginning as an enlisted logistician on active duty, up to his current

  • A Precious Work of Fiction

    You find yourself deployed halfway around the world, away from family and friends. You decide to sit and start writing. A world is created unlike the one you walk upon - a mystical realm. A land fraught with magic, mythical creatures, honorable knights, unsavory assassins, great kingdoms and

  • Force Support Airmen take services to Hawaii for off-station annual tour

    Reservists from the 446th Force Support Squadron left March 13 for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii to conduct their annual training tour. Eight Airmen from the Services Flight deployed to support the 647th Force Support Squadron in Hawaii during their two-week temporary duty.The team from

  • 446th AW medical units treat annual training requirements with innovation

    Every two years, Reservists from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron must fulfill emergency medical technician training requirements for the Air Force. Typically this means a few days in a classroom with only a little bit of hands-on training.Last year, a

  • Family first focus for new FSS leader

    There's a new commander leading the charge at the 446th Force Support Squadron. While she expects professionalism and accountability from her Reserve Airmen, she probably wouldn't flinch if her new title was mistakenly identified as commander, family support squadron. Because for Lt. Col. Kelli

  • Employer Day offers unique glimpse of military life

    "You have been called to active duty status in the U.S. Air Force Reserve per Presidential Order 10-2011 Bravo. You are activated effective 31 March 2012 for one year."This was the mock deployment order given to 446th Airlift Wing members' civilian employers, who took part in Employer Orientation

  • Boots off the ground in Iraq

    A Reservist just doing his job, was one of the last of his kind to step foot out of Iraq.Master Sgt. Travis Hargitt, a 446th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight specialist returned from a six-month deployment to Ali Base, Iraq. Servicemembers who work in EOD neutralize and