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  • Salutes for July

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who are award winners, promoted, new to the wing, or retiring.PromotionsMaster SergeantJack Cales, 446th AMXSMarvin Lolmaugh, 446th AMXSTechnical SergeantMatthew Groff, 446th MXSJack Meyers, 446th AMXSElizabeth Moody, 446th

  • Civic Leaders Participate in Air Force Reserve 101

    It's O' dark thirty.  Excitement is in the air.  Anticipation is on the ground.  One by one they arrive at the main gate until a crowd has formed.The 446th Airlift Wing hosted a two day civic leader tour June 23-24.  The tour began at McChord Field. From there the group flew on a C-17 Globemaster

  • Country Music Rewards Reserve Recruiting

    The sun is setting over the gorge.  The crowd is on their feet, hands in the air, cheering wildly, as country music icon Tim McGraw bursts into song.Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing were rewarded through the Get 1 Now program with free tickets to the Tim McGraw concert held at the Gorge

  • Athletes make event at McChord Field special

    When the sun went down at the Special Olympics Washington Summer Games at Joint Base Lewis-McChord June 4, that's when the partying started. Barbecue, carnival games and dancing brought more than 2,500 athletes and their families, coaches and chaperones to two hangars on McChord Field. J.C. Gumm

  • Wing Rodeo team preparing to compete

    Air Mobility Command's Rodeo competition is approaching fast and the Reservists of the 446th Airlift Wing's Rodeo team are ready to fly, fight and win.AMC's Rodeo is July 23-29 here. Teams from across the United States, active-duty, Reserve, Guard and sister services, and foreign air force teams

  • Reservists, families to strengthen ties at Yellow Ribbon

    One of the Air Force Reserve priorities is to preserve the Viability of the Reserve Triad - Air Force, family, and employers. The purpose of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program is a way of doing precisely that.The next Yellow Ribbon event is June 10-12 at the Westin Hotel in Bellevue. The event

  • Salutes for June

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who are award winners, promoted, new to the wing, or retiring.Civilian Quarterly Award WinnersSupervisory categoryLyle Harvey, 446th FSSNon-supervisory categoryChristopher Brandaberry, 446th MXSPromotionsMaster SergeantLarry

  • 446th Airlift Wing commander to pass torch in June

    Almost four years after taking command of the 446th Airlift Wing back in September 2007, Col. William Flanigan will be passing the wing flag to Col. Bruce Bowers in the middle of June.Colonel Flanigan will serve as the Crisis Action Team director at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Colonel Bowers is

  • Reserve aeromedical team trains at Global Medic

    He "deployed" to Fort Hunter-Liggett, Calif., to help "save lives" - in practice of course. Staff Sgt. Martin Duran, an Air Force Reserve aeromedical evacuation technician with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., was one of many Airmen supporting Global

  • Don't be shocked: Reserve electricians find the spark

    Sparks are flying at the Silver Flag training site here, but not the romantic kind. It's the electric specialists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, keeping the juice flowing for more than 170 trainees, including 30 Reservists from the 446th CES.The Reservist from McChord Field, Wash., are here

  • Reserve engineer speaks softly, carries big influence

    Tech Sgt. Jennifer Greer is quiet and unassuming. Her colleagues tease her about her small stature. She looks young enough to be mistaken for a recent graduate of basic training. But nine years on Air Force active duty, two years in the Reserve, and two deployments to Iraq tell another story. When

  • McChord Reserve civil engineers get cool training in hot sun

    With temperatures hovering in the 90s and high humidity, the heat is on for some 30 Reservists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron from McChord Field, Wash., who arrived May 21 for a week-long training exercise here. Known as Silver Flag, the exercise provides field training and classroom

  • Reservists Get Down and Dirty

    Cold. Wet. Dirty. Face first in the mud is the perfect way to spend a rainy Pacific Northwest morning.Eight Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing got down and dirty Saturday in the 6th Annual 5K Mud Run sponsored the by Joint Base Lewis-McChord Morale Welfare and Recreation Center at Lewis Main."I