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  • OPSEC reminder for Reservists and their families

    As a member of the military community, you are a vital player in Soldier and unit success; they couldn't do their job without your support. You may not know it, but you play a crucial role in ensuring their safety just by what you know of the military's day-to-day operations. You can protect them by

  • AES warms up at 'Arctic Spring'

    The 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here assisted with the exercise "Arctic Spring" June 3. The exercise assesses procedures and communications between organizations in preparation for mass-movement of inbound patients in the aftermath of a large natural disaster. Participants in the exercise

  • First in last out: ALCF to decommission

    The 446th Airlift Wing is losing a diverse group of Airmen, whose professionalism and expertise is unrivaled when it comes to running an airfield at a deployed location. The decommissioning ceremony for the 446th Airlift Control Flight is July 12. The 446th ALCF is being shut down as Air Mobility

  • Reservists help build memorial honoring deceased hero

    A memorial statue and aerospace scholarship honoring fallen Columbia Space Shuttle astronaut and Spokane, Wash. native, Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson, was dedicated Friday at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The purpose of the memorial is to assist underprivileged and underserved kids of color who

  • Reservist from 446th AES wins award

    An Airman from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron received an award from a during the Global Medic exercise from June 6-18, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Tech. Sgt. Shawn Clayton, an aerospace evacuation technician with the 446th AES was recognized as the Noncommissioned Officer of the Exercise, by a

  • 446th AES patches things up at Global Medic

    More than 60 Reservists from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participated in a joint force medical training exercise from June 6-18, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Global Medic is an annual exercise run by Army Reserve Command to apply the operational readiness of assigned medical units in a joint

  • Web site to open sign-ups for Post-9/11 GI Bill transfers

    It's official. The Defense Department signed off June 22 onpolicies and procedures servicemembers will use to transfer their unusedPost-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouses or children, a Pentagon officialsaid June 23. Eligible servicemembers will be able to register their immediate family members

  • Air Force announcement includes cuts for McChord Reserve unit

    Today the U.S. Air Force announced its force structure realignment for Fiscal Year 2010. As a result of the realignment, the 446th Airlift Wing here will lose 325 drilling Reserve positions and 32 full-time air reserve technician positions. There are currently 2,300 people assigned to the wing. In

  • 446th Reservist, employer win award for going above and beyond

    A Reserve pilot from the 728th Airlift Squadron here was honored with the Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman of the Year Award. Maj. Micheal Bautista received the award for placing his civilian career on hold for nine months to go on active-duty orders and fly combat missions to support Operations

  • Reservist's quick decisions, actions save neighbor's life

    About four minutes is all it takes to go from car pooling dad to hero. Driving home from a meeting at his children's school with a neighboring parent, Lt. Col. Kevin Sampson, 313th Airlift Squadron, saw out of the corner of his eye the first signs of distress. His passenger, Claire Christian,

  • Explosive ordnance Reservist earns Bronze Star

    From the tragedies of war sprouts courage, reward; even glints of humanity. Senior Master Sgt. James Coley, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, has seen this first-hand from his deployment into the middle of bombed-out Baghdad. Sergeant Coley was awarded the Bronze Star

  • 446th AES trains with Army at Global Medic 2009

    Hundreds of Soldiers and Airmen from Army and Air Force Reserve medical units descended on Fort Gordon, Ga., June 6 to set up and kick off a two week exercise called Global Medic. The 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., is providing aeromedical evacuation support

  • Free dinner for families of deployed Airmen is June 22

    A free dinner for families of deployed Airmen will be June 22 at 6 p.m., at the Chapel Support Center, McChord Air Force Base, Wash.. Families of Reservists should call today to reserve a spot. The food will be provided by Famous Dave's barbecue. All families with deployed or deploying members or

  • Maintaining balance with your GTC

    No more sitting on hold for 20 minutes waiting for a customer service representative take your phone call. And forget about the hassle of figuring out how much your Government Travel Card balance is while you're on temporary duty assignment. Citibank, provider of the GTC, has an online banking Web

  • 446th AES trains with Army at Global Medic 2009

    Hundreds of Soldiers and Airmen from Army and Air Force Reserve medical units descended on Fort Gordon, Ga., June 6 to set up and kick off a two week exercise called Global Medic. The 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., is providing aeromedical evacuation support