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  • New EPRs for Senior NCOs

    With the release of the new enlisted performance reports on July 31st for evaluating Senior NCOs, several key changes have been implemented.The Form 911 was developed to complement the senior NCO feedback form: Air Force Form 932, Airman Comprehensive Assessment worksheet, which is for master

  • AFRC Command Chief visits McChord Citizen Airmen

    Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, the Air Force Reserve Command command chief, visited Airmen from 446th Airlift Wing during the Reserve unit's training weekend Aug. 1-2.In addition to greeting the Airmen at their workspaces, the chief spoke to the wing's enlisted Reservists at an all-call event,

  • 2015 446th Airlift Wing Family Day Events

    This year's wing Family Day Event is Sept. 12, during the UTA weekend.Festivities include three core events - a family benefits brief, a spouse flight, and the picnic.Cost is five dollars per person, $25 for families of five or more people, and children four years old, and younger get in

  • Reservist medics train for prestigious combat badge

    The Expert Field Medical Badge is a unique distinction worn only by the most battle-ready and elite medical personnel in the military. Every year at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., a  two-week intensive testing event is set up to qualify eligible service members from around the country for the

  • Salutes for August 2015

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who have been promoted, are new to the wing, or retiring.PromotionsMaster SergeantAlvin Allen, 86th APSOliver Corpuz, 86th APSKrystil Reinstadler, 446th AESNathaniel Terrell, 86th APSTechnical SergeantNicole Hertel, 86th

  • Peddicord takes reins of 446th MXG

    For Col. Kirk Peddicord, the end of his military journey looks much like how it started.His times as a Cold War Warrior in eastern Washington, flying the B-52 Stratofortress under Strategic Air Command at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, made him long for the days of returning to the state's

  • JBLM’s about to become quieter: PAO is eager to see what’s next for her

    A voice no one thought could be silent, will grow noticeably quieter from McChord Field Saturday. That's when Lt. Col. Anna Sullivan, chief of public affairs for the 446th Airlift Wing since 1992, retires from the Air Force Reserve and from federal government service."I am ready to retire, and I

  • OPM announces steps to protect workers from cyber threats

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber breach involving federal background investigation data and the steps it is taking to protect those impacted.As information has become available and verifiable, the agency has

  • Reserve Airmen to care for the fallen, possibly for the last time

    Five Airmen from the 446th Forces Support Squadron, Services Flight will deploy this weekend for what could be the unit's last opportunity to support Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.After this deployment, Senior Airman Leatha Brown, Tech. Sgt. Loren Wells,

  • Reserve medics provide ‘Care Under Fire’

    Reserve medical technicians from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron completed tactical combat casualty care training as part of their annual training requirements in an exercise dubbed "Care Under Fire" this week at the South 40, South Approach, here.Training for TCCC involved caring for human

  • International military competition lures two Reserve pilots

    Two McChord Citizen Airmen look to compete for the gold in Shumen, Bulgaria, during an international military pentathlon competition hosted by Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers, or CIOR,  Aug. 3-9.Maj. Peter Grossenbach, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 728th Airlift Squadron, and

  • McChord Field hosts Senior NCO Leadership Development Course

    Twenty-seven senior noncommissioned officers from the 446 Airlift Wing and from around the Air Force Reserve Command gathered July 11-12 for the Senior NCO Leadership Development Course at McChord Field here.The two-day, non-traditional course is designed to enhance the trust, teamwork and

  • Reserve medics train for land navigation

    Medics from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron map out their routes during land navigation training for the Care Under Fire exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, July 12, 2015. The Care under Fire exercise was designed locally by the 446th ASTS in order to simulate combat conditions and

  • Reserve pilots, loadmasters join forces with RAAF

    Reserve pilots and loadmasters from the 446th Operations Group combined forces with the Royal Australian Air Force, as well as active-duty Airmen, Soldiers, Seamen and Marines, to execute Talisman Sabre 2015, a biennial military exercise that spans the Pacific Ocean, beginning July 5 though July

  • 446th SFS deploy in time for Independence Day

    Citizen Airmen from the 446th Security Forces Squadron left for a six-month deployment to various locations across Southwest Asia from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport July 1.Some Airmen have already been in place since March. By the Fourth of July, more than 40 personnel from the squadron will