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 fire at the Combat Weapons competition for Rodeo

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

Reserve aeromedical team competes to configure KC-135 into air ambulance

Reservists supplement Team Pakistan for Air Mobility Command Rodeo aeromedical competition

Aerial port team maneuvers 10k forklift through obstacles

Air Mobility Rodeo offers some spectator-friendly events

Before all else, Airmen must be fit to fight. So it stands to reason the first ground competition of Air Mobility Rodeo is the Fit-to-Fight competition, an event the 446th Airlift Wing team won in 2009.Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier international combat

Making sustainable lasting peace goal of operations group commander

He has been the commander of the 446th Operations Group since September, yet hardly any of his Airmen have actually met him. Just as soon as Lt. Col. James Dignan arrived at McChord Field, Wash., as commander of the Reserve wing's operations group, he left. Within two weeks of arriving, this former