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  • A few enlisted promotion policies will change if the Air Force Reserve Command effective Jan. 1

    Promotion policies change Jan. 1

    Changes to enlisted policies will soon affect the way Reservists at McChord AFB and throughout the command get promoted. Air Force Reserve leaders announced eight policy changes taking effect Jan 1. Officials from the 446th Mission Support Squadron's career enhancement office recommend Reservists pay particular attention to three of the policy
  • Staff Sgt. Jennifer Jankord discusses an investigation with a co-worker. Sergeant Jankord is a 446th Airlift Wing Reservist from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., who worked in the security forces investigations section while on temporary duty at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

    Reservist investigates temporary duty in Japan

    There are not many jobs that offer opportunities to travel the world and find a new career niche at the same time. However, opportunities like these are a few of the perks that come with serving in the Air Force Reserve. Such is the case with Staff Sgt. Jennifer Jankord, 446th Security Forces Squadron. After serving at Kadena Air Base, Japan, for
  • Master Sgt. Neal Therrien, 446th Mission Support Squadron, is a WHALE of a volunteer. But he is just one in an ocean of volunteers in the Air Force Reserve at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

    Reservists donate time to charity

    Super heroes by definition are people endowed with superhuman powers, usually used in fighting evil, saving lives and ultimately, changing the world. Every McChord Reservist could fit that description, including three Reservists who have gone completely different routes to help change the world. Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hamel's route leads him around
  • Reserve and active-duty Airmen from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings taking part in Operation Deep Freeze present a check to the "Cookie Munchers" organization. Each year the Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., contribute to a different organization located in their Operation Deep Freeze staging area, Christchurch, New Zealand. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Reservists donate to community during Antarctic mission

    As if bettering the world by supporting scientific research isn't enough, a group of Reserve Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing are doing even more for an already altruistic mission. While supporting Operation Deep Freeze, the 446th AW Reservists and their active-duty teammates from the 62nd AW have donated more than $10,000 to local charities in
  • Civilian employers watch Tech. Sgt. Rob Withrow, a loadmaster in the 313th Airlift Squadron, after the C-17 released a container delivery bundle over a drop zone Oct. 20. The employers spent Oct. 20 learning about the mission and duties of their employees who also serve in the Air Force Reserve with the 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grant Saylor)

    Civilian Employers learn 446th Airlift Wing capabilities

    Civilian employers participated in Employer Orientation Day Oct. 20 to gain insight on the Reserve mission and capabilities. The next Employer Orientation Day will be held April 5 on the "A" UTA.

  • Skills lab helps improve casualty care

    Being part of the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and a civilian cardiology nurse specialist, Lt. Col. Randy Miller has experience with wounded troops at downrange locations in Iraq and Afghanistan. One way he prepares for the different encounters is with realistic mannequins and training scenarios, courtesy of the 446th AES. "We have one of
  • Master Sgt. Terry Acton (left), a Reservist with the 728th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and Bret Frye, a Starbucks manufacturing manager, unload the last of a shipment of Starbucks coffee to be delivered to troops overseas. Together, the two have given to servicemembers what they estimate to be at least 10,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee, plus an untold amount of accessories, over the last four years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nick Przybyciel)

    Giving GIs their joe: How two high school buddies are energizing troop moral

    It's an old saying that an army marches on its stomach. However, there's also a common assumption that even the most satiated soldiers have a few gripes about the quality of their grub. But a lot has changed from the John Wayne days of war fighting (think images of green meat and chemically preserved gruel-in-a-can, ala "Sands of Iwo Jima"). While
  • Firearms instructor Senior Airman Joshua Hartford, 446th Security Forces Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., watches an Air Force Reserve eam member prepare to fire the M4 during their annual firearms training Oct. 20 at Fort Lewis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Desiree Kiliz)

    Security forces get fired up

    McChord Reservists from the 446th Security Forces Squadron completed their annual firearms training Oct. 20-21. Part of the training consisted of firing weapons during the day and night to be qualified with the M-4 and M-9 pistol. In the next several months, security forces will emphasize air base defense skills, conduct physical training every UTA

  • Explosive ordnance disposal teams to deploy

    Reservists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, will deploy yet again, as six Airmen from the unit are slated to travel overseas in support of the War on Terror. The six Airmen will split into two, three-man teams. One team will deploy to Afghanistan and the other team will deploy to help train the Royal

  • Air Force officials release new annual training plan

    Air Force leadership recently approved a plan to significantly reduce annual ancillary training requirements across the Total Force. Starting Oct. 15, annual awareness training, was organized into three blocks of instruction covering nine courses. Total ancillary training can now be accomplished in just 90 minutes. The plan will save the Air Force

  • Reservists show generosity through Angel Tree program

    For the fifth consecutive year, Reservists within the 446th Airlift Wing will come together and participate in the Angel Tree program. Last year netted more than 208 presents that were delivered to 59 children and 28 families. The Angel Tree exclusively for Reservists and their families will be set up by the family support office in Bldg.
  • A donated fire truck was picked up in Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 5 by an Air Force Reserve aircrew from the 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The Reservists flew the fire truck, as well as 100 pediatric wheelchairs picked up in Sioux Falls, Iowa, on the first leg of a Denton Program mission. The fire truck was destined for Nicaragua and the wheelchairs were bound for Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Jon Karnes)

    Reservists help airlift donated goods into Iraq, Nicaragua

    Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing helped send 100 pediatric wheelchairs to Iraq and a fire truck to Nicaragua Oct. 5 as part of a humanitarian mission in support of the Denton Program. "There isn't a better mission that I could think of," said Lt. Col. Kevin Welin, who was the 446th AW aircraft commander for the mission. "Having us work with

  • CORRECTION: Take-A-Hop

    Information previously posted on this site about the 'Take-a-Hop' Web site and the services it provides was incorrect. The information originally provided to the webmaster for 446th Airlift Wing Web site was not accurate and does not reflect the policies of the "Take-A-Hop" manager.  We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

  • Wing SFS sees change on horizon

    The 446th Security Forces Squadron is changing the way it does business - beginning with new air base defense sustainment training. The goal is to ensure every squad in the 446th SFS is highly trained in relevant tactical skills, prepared mentally, and are physically tough to accomplish today's security forces mission, and be ready for the deployed
  • Reservists Staff Sgt. Demond Loggins, left, and Master Sgt. Chris Webster, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, review their departure checklist Sept. 10 as they prepare to head out to Wisconsin, and then Iraq. Fourteen Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing will be joining forces with the 819th RED HORSE Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont., for a six-month deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sandra Pishner)

    14 Reservists start journey to Iraq

    Fourteen Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing are honing their combat skills in preparation for deployment to Iraq. Twelve are from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron and two are from the 446th Logistics Readiness Flight. The collection of carpenters, heavy equipment operators, and other specialists left Sept. 11 for four weeks of combat skills
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