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  • Reservists get free membership to Sittercity program

    Thanks to the Department of Defense, Reservists can now join the national in-home provider online network, Sittercity, free of charge. Sittercity is the nation's largest and most trusted online resource for finding local babysitters, child care providers, nannies, elder care companions,

  • Campaign encourages families to save

    The annual DOD Military Saves Campaign has started.Department of Defense  has launched the 2010 Military Saves Campaign with Military Saves Week, February 21-28, 2010. The campaign is conducted annually in cooperation with the official DoD Financial Readiness Campaign nonprofit partner, the Consumer

  • Defense Commissary Agency hosts on-site sales in Oregon, Washington

    Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing are encouraged to take advantage of savings on popular grocery items at the several Commissary On-site Sales coming up in areas from where wing Reservists hail. Commissary On-site Sales are open to Guardsmen, Reservists, retirees, active-duty servicemembers,

  • Scholarships available for spouses

    National Military Family Association officials are accepting scholarship applications from military spouses, and the deadline is Jan. 31.The Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship program awards up to $1,000 to military spouses to obtain professional certification or to attend post

  • Holiday memories could net AAFES shopping spree

    The holidays are a great time of year to enjoy special moments and create lasting memories with friends and family. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is encouraging military shoppers to share those memories for a shot at a $1,000 shopping spree in the "Memories Etched in Images Holiday Photo

  • Hundreds of toys and thousand of dollars in prizes in AAFES' 2009 Toy Book

    Just in time for holiday shopping, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has unwrapped its biggest and most extensive toy book ever. Jam-packed with the hottest toys, electronics, learning and activities, the 2009 Toy Book has everything to make children's holiday dreams come true. In addition to

  • AAFES aims to be military shoppers’ first choice for the holidays

    Promotions, prizes and popular name brands will anchor the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's efforts to invite military families, to include 446th Airlift Wing Reservists, to "rediscover the value" their exchange is offering this holiday season. Exclusive savings on tax-free holiday decorations,

  • BX/PXs’ revamp Layaway Program

    Visit your local exchange and it soon becomes apparent that reports of layaway's demise have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, Army & Air Force Exchange Service BXs and PXs are reintroducing and, in some cases, expanding layaway options. "Clothing, handbags and shoes are still eligible for 30-day

  • Commissaries host On-site Sales to benefit Reservists

    Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing are encouraged to take advantage of savings on popular grocery items at the several Commissary On-site Sales coming up in areas from where wing Reservists hail. Commissary On-site Sales are open to Guardsmen, Reservists, retirees, active-duty servicemembers,

  • Deployed families dinner Sept. 28 features disco theme

    Spouses of McChord's deployed active-duty and Reserve Airmen, and their family members are invited to attend the next deployed families dinner Sept. 28. The dinner's theme, "Fall into the Groove", draws on the disco era as the Chapel Support Center (Bldg. 746) turns back the clock. The event

  • Aerial port Reserve Airmen value time in Iraq

    The summer of 2009 has been a busy one for the 446th Airlift Wing since day one. From Operational Readiness Inspection preparations to Air Mobility Command's Rodeo 2009, and from Family Day picnic planning to force restructuring, it's easy to forget to look outside McChord's gates to the Airmen

  • Lieutenant recognized for saving life on rafting trip

    Sometimes all you have to work with is what you know. On a sizzling Fourth of July weekend in 2008, 2nd. Lt. Janine Shreve, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, put years of military training to good use when she helped saved a man's life. On April 23 of this year, the 446th Airlift Wing

  • Determination takes talent to Texas

    Tech. Sgt. Katie Badowski is on a mission. It's her determination -- and her talent -- that brought this Air Force Reservist back to Lackland AFB, Texas for the third time in January. Jan. 16-18, she competed at the Air Force's 2009 Worldwide Talent Contest where she sang as a hopeful for a spot in

  • NCO puts life on the line around the world

    Think Rambo armed with a stethoscope instead of a 30-inch knife, and you get Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hamel from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron. The volunteer work this McChord Reservist does in his spare time has actually been more perilous than his two military deployments to Iraq. As a

  • On the other side of Deep Freeze

    Imagine a treading through a dark, compact, and seemingly endless tunnel, constructed of ice and snow. Now, add a 60 below zero temperature to the mix. Of course, you're wrapped from head to toe in high quality cold-weather garments. Despite being fortified in the top-of-the-line, cold-weather gear,