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  • Reenlistment ceremony at Tacoma Rainiers baseball game.

    Rainier Wing focuses on wellness

    Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing, and their families, focused on wellness August 4 and 5 during a weekend dedicated to promoting strength and wellness at McChord Field.“Wingman and Family Days are essential,” said Maj. Gen. Randall Ogden, commander of the Fourth Air Force. “Supporting our Airmen and their families is so
  • Technical Sgt. Zachary Palomo, Senior Airman Brian Dooley, and Senior Airman Jonathan Jones, from the 446th Operations Support Squadron, delivered donations Oct. 16, 2016, to the Helping Hand House charity organization in Puyallup, Wash. Rainier Wing Airmen delivered more than 300 toiletry and sanitary items to those in need. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by 2nd Lt. Alyssa Hudyma/Released)

    Rainier Wing Airmen lend helping hands

    Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing deliver over 300 articles of basic necessity items to the Helping Hand House charity organization.
  • The Air Reserve Command encompassing both guard and reserve units is honoring Senior Master Sgt. John Besselman for being the top Force Support Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of 2015. Besselman, 446th Force Support Squadron education and training superintendent, received the award in July. (Photo by Senior Airman Jacob Jimenez)

    Top Force Support SNCO in Air Force

    The 446th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has been honored recently for having the top Force Support Senior NCO of 2015. SMsgt. John Besselman, 446th Force Support Squadron education and training superintendent, received the award in July after his package competed with the best and brightest in the Air Reserve Component.
  • Col. Scott Snyder (right) relinquishes command of the 446th Operations Group here, to Col. Scott McLaughlin, 446th Airlift Wing commander here, during the group's change of command ceremony April 2, 2016. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

    446th OG Change of Command

    Col. Scott Snyder (right) relinquishes command of the 446th Operations Group here, to Col. Scott McLaughlin, 446th Airlift Wing commander here, during the group's change of command ceremony April 2, 2016. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)
  • 446th Airlift Wing senior leaders attend a Green Dot briefing at the 446th Airlift Wing headquarters auditorium April 3rd, 2016. The training, which focuses on prevention of interpersonal violence events among Airmen and their families, is scheduled to be delivered to the rest of the wing in the upcoming months. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Madelyn McCullough)

    Air Force implements Green Dot

    Green Dot aims to change the culture of today's force and decrease violence among Airmen and their families.

  • Civilians able to get developmental education details in AFPC webcasts

    Civilian Airmen can learn about available civilian developmental education opportunities during webcasts scheduled through April.
  • A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, lands on Pegasus Runway in Antarctica during the 2015 Operation Deep Freeze Season. Aircrews from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings from JBLM performed night-vision goggle landings during the Austral Winter. (Courtesy photo)

    Night Vision landings shed light on Antarctic airlift

    Airlift support to the U.S. Antarctic Program wrapped-up in March, and members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord met challenges of the harsh Antarctic environment head-on, including performing night-vision goggle landings on a runway made of ice during the Austral Winter.The flights were part of Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military’s logistical
  • Chaplain (Col.) Gary Califf, Air Force Reserve Command chief chaplain with Citizen Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing Chaplain Corps during the March Reserve weekend here March 6, 2016. (Courtesy photo)

    Chaplains enrich Airmen’s wings

    Rainier Wing Citizen Airmen congregated for a commander’s call, filling Hangar 9 to the max during the Reserve weekend March 6, to hear messages from leadership, including Psychological Health and the wing chaplain. After the assembly, Chaplain (Col.) Gary Califf, Air Force Reserve Command chief chaplain, shed light on the importance of these
  • A salute to our 446th Airlift Wing Airmen who have been promoted, are new to the wing, or are retiring.

    Salutes for March 2016

    Take a moment to say congratulations to our Reservists who have been promoted.
  • From left: Chief Master Sgt. Zaki Mazid, 62th Airlift Wing command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Brian Waggoner, 194th Wing command chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Tony Mack, 446th Airlift Wing command chief conclude a candle lighting ceremony during the Chief Master Sergeant Induction Ceremony here, March 4, 2016. The event celebrates Airmen who achieved the rank of chief master sergeant during the previous year. An Airman from each enlisted rank lights a candle symbolizing the path to chief master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tim Chacon) [The 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office contributed to this stand-alone article.]

    McChord chiefs honor their own

    From left: Chief Master Sgt. Zaki Mazid, 62th Airlift Wing command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Brian Waggoner, 194th Wing command chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Tony Mack, 446th Airlift Wing command chief conclude a candle lighting ceremony during the Chief Master Sergeant Induction Ceremony here, March 4, 2016. The event celebrates Airmen who achieved

  • Officer of the Quarter winners for 2015

    Officers of the 4th Quarter 2015
  • Staff Sgt. Thomas Mariano (left) and Staff Sgt. Kenneth O'Callaghan (right), 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion specialists, inspect the engines of a C-17 Globemaster III at Naval Station Rota, Spain, February 23, 2016. These engines can produce more than 40,000 pounds of thrust. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Madelyn McCullough)

    Rainier Wing moves mountains in Spain

    Reservists with the 446th Airlift Wing’s maintenance and aircraft maintenance squadrons, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, demonstrated supported the 725th Air Mobility Squadron Feb. 14-28, 2016.
  • Col. Scott McLaughlin, commander of the 446th Airlift Wing, speaks to Airmen at a commander's call on Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash., March 6. The 446th held Wingman Day after the commander's call to educate Airman on essential life skills. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

    Bringing Airmen together

    Citizen Airmen of the Rainier Wing gathered together March 6 at McChord Field to participate in Wingman Day.The theme of this year’s event, We Are Connected, was aimed at highlighting the importance of joining together as a team. “Wingman Day is our chance to emphasize the resiliency of the 44th Airlift Wing family,” said Col. Scott McLaughlin,
  • Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., including members from the 446th & 62nd Airlift Wing's, and the Western Air Defense Sector, participate in a group photo with the Consulate General of Japan Masahiro Omura, and his wife during his Tomodachi Reception in Seattle Feb. 19, 2016. Nearly 20 Airmen attended the lunch, due to their experiences when they were stationed in Japan, or participated in an exercise or operation with the Japanese, which helped strengthen the bilateral relationship. Tomodachi is the Japanese translation for "friendship." (Courtesy photo/Consulate General of Japan, Seattle)

    Tomodachi 'friendship' luncheon

    Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., including members from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wing's, and the Western Air Defense Sector, participate in a group photo with the Consulate General of Japan Masahiro Omura, and his wife during his Tomodachi Reception in Seattle Feb. 19, 2016. Airmen who attended the lunch were invited based on previous
  • Maj. Beverly Davidson (center), 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, and Tech. Sgt. Kassy Kvam (left), 446th AES flying medical technician, brief Defense Secretary Ash Carter about aeromedical evacuation procedures March 4, 2016 here. Carter spoke of the total force concept at JBLM, and this was just one of the demonstrations, which highlighted the concept. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tim Chacon)

    Secretary of Defense visits JBLM

    On a two-day visit to the Pacific Northwest, the 25th Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, took a day to visit with the service members of the Puget Sound here, March 4.The secretary started his day with seeing a C-17 Globemaster III static, a 22nd Special Tactics Squadron and 1st Air Special Operations Group static, a Stryker vehicle, a High Mobility
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