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  • Reserve wing earns Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III award

    The 446th Airlift Wing is the 2011 Lieutenant General James E. Sherrard III (AFRC) award winner.Each year the Airlift/Tanker Association recognizes those who have demonstrated superior leadership, made outstanding contributions to the airlift/tanker mission, and provided invaluable service to their

  • DoD Magazine seeks young Reservists for 2012 edition

    Futures Magazine is looking for candidates to be featured in their 2012 edition.The publication is targeted toward high school students and guidance counselors. They're looking for bright young Reservists, enlisted and officers. The magazine would like to interview Reservists to talk about their

  • Comprehensive Airmen Fitness: Staying active during and after pregnancy

    For women, pregnancy can mean packing on extra pounds and cutting out exercise for a few months. This wasn't the case for Miriam Howard, executive officer for the 62nd Maintenance Group commander, who gave birth to her son, Jalen, 16 months ago and used the qualities of the Comprehensive Airmen

  • JBLM practices create culture of collaboration

    Joint Base Lewis-McChord is at the forefront of joint bases across the Department of Defense in developing best practices and creating a culture of collaboration, officials at the Washington state base said recently. The largest joint base west of the Rockies has been committed to implementing best

  • Rodeo 2011 'very best ever,' official says

    Whew! After (literally) years of planning, thousands of hours of hard work, and the combined efforts of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord team, Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 is over. The success of this year's Rodeo is a testament to your efforts, enthusiasm and professionalism. Thanks to Rodeo, our fellow

  • Bear activity on Joint Base Lewis-McChord increasingly common

    Last month a police car came tearing into the parking lot of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord shopette, lights on and sirens blaring -- to pick up a box of doughnuts."This is a police emergency," the military police officer told the clerk as he rushed passed the register. "We'll be back to pay for

  • Commissary on-site sales set for Wenatchee, Redmond

    All DOD ID card holders, including DOD retirees and dependents, who can make their way to Wenatchee, Wash., or Redmond, Ore.,  are invited to shop a commissary on-sale set for each location. Take advantage of savings on popular grocery items at the commissary on-site sale taking place in Wenatchee,

  • Mixed crew earns Air Medal for Antarctica rescue

    The C-17 Globemaster III aircrew members of "Ice 68" from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings here were presented the Air Medal July 29 by Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, for their part in evacuating an ailing government contractor from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in June.A

  • Salutes for August

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who are award winners, promoted, new to the wing, or retiring.PromotionsMaster SergeantJacob Erickson, 446th CESOsmant Pyle, 446th AESMelissa Reimer, 446th ASTSTechnical SergeantChandra Callahan, 446th LRFSteven Carlos, 36th

  • Building global partnerships through medical training

    The 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron is strengthening global partnerships between international communities and the United States. Through training exercises such as Global Medic, Medlite, and Air Mobility Command Rodeo, 446th AES Reservists exchange information to improve joint emergency

  • Nominate your civilian employer for employer orientation day Oct. 1

    Up to 40 civilian employers will be invited to participate in the semi-annual Employer Orientation Day Oct. 1.The 446th Airlift Wing Employer Orientation is designed to provide civilian employers a real sense of what their employees do as Reservists when they are called away on orders or for annual

  • McChord Reserve aeromedical team wins big at Air Mobility Rodeo

    The Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 competition drew to a close at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., with the 446th Airlift Wing's aeromedical evacuation team winning the trophy for Best C-17 Aeromedical Team.The 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, Okla., earned the Best Air Mobility Wing trophy during the

  • Two generations of service members meet at Rodeo 2011

    A fateful day in 1975 briings two generations of service members together 35 years later at McChord Field during Rodeo 2011.Reservists with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron met with two Vietnam War veterans at a C-5 Galaxy static display on Thursday during Rodeo at Joint Base Lewis

  • 446th Security Forces get dirty and sweaty at Rodeo

    Four Reservists from the 446th Security Force Squadron competed in the Combat Weapons portion of Rodeo July 27at the firing ranges at Joint Base Lewis McChord-Lewis Main. Tech. Sgts. Jack Montez and Christopher Pierce, and Staff Sgts. David Buchanan and Damon Hahn represented the 446th Airlift Wing