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Reservists, CPFR put family first

TACOMA, Wash.- Master Sgt. Steven Thomas, right, superintendant of the 446th Mission Support Group Airman and Family Readiness Center, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. and 446th MSS Airman and Family Readiness technician, Tech. Sgt. Rick Martini, carry cases of milk to load on to a truck this morning. The milk, along with bags of potatoes, ham, and non-perishable goods were collected by Central Pierce County Fire and Rescue here and given to the Airman and Family Readiness Center to distribute to Reserve families in need today. For about the last five years, the Airman and Family Readiness Center and CPFR have worked together to help needy families. More than 30 boxes were given to families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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A time for giving

TACOMA, Wash.- Rows of Christmas food baskets made by workers with the Central Pierce County Fire and Rescue Department here are ready to be distributed to families in need during the holiday season. Reservists with the 446th Mission Support Squadron Airmen and Family Readiness Center, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. came here to pick up 34 baskets of food to bring back to McChord AFB and distribute to needy Reservist families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Giving back for the holidays

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.- Col. William Flanigan, left, 446th Airlift Wing commander here, sneaks a quick word in with 446th Operations Group commander, David Pavey, while serving lunch to people of the 446th AW at the Olympic Dining Facility here during the December Reserve weekend. This is one way higher leadership shows its appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication from the members of the wing over the past year.(U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Wing leadership show special thanks

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.- Maj. Steven Lee, 446th Airlift Wing executive officer here, serves lunch at the serving line at the Olympic Dining Facility here during the December Reserve weekend. Major Lee is one of many officers and senior enlisted Reservists who took part in serving meals to show members from the wing their appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication they bring throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Sharing holiday leadership across the wing

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.- Col. William Flanigan, 446th Airlift Wing commander here, helps serve lunch at the serving line at the Olympic Dining Facility here during the December Reserve weekend. Major Lee is one of many officers and senior enlisted Reservists who took part in serving meals to show members from the wing their appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication they bring throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Serving with holiday cheer

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash.- Col. William Flanigan, left, 446th Airlift Wing commander here, loads up a plate of food to pass along to Col. Lisa Tank, 446th AW vice commander to serve for a fellow Reservist at the Olympic Dining Facility here during the December Reserve weekend. This is one way higher leadership shows its appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication from the members of the wing over the past year.(U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jake Chappelle)

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Reserve crew airlifts dolphins home

Workers in New Caledonia unload the dolphins from a flatbed truck in preparation for loading on a C-17 flown by the 313th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The dolphins, part of the U. S. Navy Marine Mammals program, San Diego, Calif., were returning home. The dolphins were in Noumea, New Caledonia, for Lagoon MINEX 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Heather Normand)

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Reserve crew airlifts dolphins home

Tech. Sgt. Heather Normand, 446th Operations Support Flight, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., wecolmes one of four special passengers on a C-17 in New Caledonia. Four dolphins that are part of the U. S. Navy Marine Mammals program, San Diego, Calif., were returning home. The dolphins were in Noumea, New Caledonia, for Lagoon MINEX 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Frank Sevey)

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Warpigs leave their mark

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq - Leaving their mark with a painting of the 446th Security Forces Squadron's Warpig coin at Kirkuk RAB are Tech. Sgt. John Wulff, Tech. Sgt. Mike Lefrancis, Maj. Ray Schierhoff, Master Sgt. Carlos Duell, and Senior Airman Grace Perez, all from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The Reserve security forces Airmen are halfway through their six-month deployment with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (Courtesy photo)

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ESGR presents Patriot award to Reservist's supervisor

RENTON, Wash.,- Kathryn Vernon, center, Federal Regional Administrator with the Federal Aviation Administration here, accepts a Patriot Award Nov. 10 from Washington Employer Support of Guard and Reserve Chairman Jim Shepherd (left) and Col. William Anholt, 446th Maintenance Group commander from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. Ms Vernon was honored for her support of Air Force Reservist Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine, 446th Airlift Wing at McChord, while Sergeant Celestine attended a 10-week technical training course at the Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Md. (Courtesy photo/Savoeun Preng)

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Local company presented with highest award for employers of Reservists

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., - Maj. Stephen Oliver, second from the left, is a Reservist with the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and an employee of Microsoft. Microsoft Corporation has been awarded the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Major Oliver was one of two Reserve military members who submitted the company for this award, whch is the highest recognition given by the U.S. government to employers who support their Guard and Reserve employees. (Courtesy photo)

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USO collects food donations for Reserve families

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., - Traceye Kakely, (left) Puget Sound USO McChord Center, and Carl Supple, director of the 446th Mission Support Squadron's Airmen & Family Readiness Center here, review the boxes of canned goods donated through the Puget Sound USO McChord Center. Enough food was donated to put in Thanksgiving Baskests for 54 Reserve families in the 446th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sandra Pishner)

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USO collects food donations for Reserve families

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., - Master Sgt. Steven Thomas, 446th Mission Support Squadron's Airmen & Family Readiness Center here, loads a box of donated canned goods onto a truck as volunteer helpers Tech. Sgt. Suzanne Kyes (right) and Melinda Castle help out. The Puget Sound USO McChord Center donated traditional Thanksgiving food for 54 Reserve families in the 446th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sandra Pishner)

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Seahawks honor military services during halftime

SEATTLE - Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash.,, including 14 people from the 446th Airlift Wing, walk a large American flag onto the field at the Nov. 8 Seattle Seahwaks game against the Detroit Lions. The Seahawks paid tribute to the military services during pre-game activities. Servicemembers from each military branch were honored for their service to the country. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)

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Seahawks honor military services during halftime

SEATTLE - Chief Master Sgt. Mitch Coley, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Flight, McChord Air Force Base, Wash.,, represents the Air Force Reserve at the Nov. 8 Seattle Seahwaks game against the Detroit Lions. The Seahawks paid tribute to the military services during pre-game activities. Servicemembers from each military branch were honored for their service to the country. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)

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Local organizations donate to Care & Share

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., Carlene Joseph of the Pierce Military Business Alliance in Lakewood, Wash., presents to Col. William Flanigan, 446th Airlift Wing commander, a $2,000 check for the wing's Care & Share program during a commander's call here Nov. 8. Care & Share supports Reserve Airmen in a variety of ways; from short-term loans to help pay rent to Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets for struggling families. The generous gift from PMBA was matched by the Hawks Prairie Rotary Club, Lacey, Wash., which also donated $2,000 to Care & Share. ?Our goal is to make sure the 446th Airlift Wing is taken care of every year,? said Ms. Joseph. Members of the PMBA raised the money by collecting donations outside local Top Food & Drug stores and organizing a golf tournament at Meadow Park Golf Course in September. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Grant Saylor)

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446th Airlift Wing Employer Orientation Day

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., - Staff Sgt. Juanita Elliott, a medical technician with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here, tends to her "patient," Ms. Susan VanTuinen, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, during the 446th Airlift Wing's Employer Orientation Day here, Nov. 7. First Lt. Jen Miner, 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, is Ms. VanTuinen's employee at Sunwest-Checsteday Meadows Assisted Living. (US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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Construction work improves parking lots, sidewalks

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. - A construction worker operates an excavator to prepared the ground to begin paving a new sidewalk between Bldgs. 1205 and 1207 here Oct. 27. This is just one of several projects in the works to improve parking lots and pavements. All work should be completed in December 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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Reservist is man of steel

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq - Master Sgt. Carl Hayden, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, cuts steal support beams using a table saw Sept. 20. The support beams where being used to build a covered vehicle staging area. Sergeant Hayden, a Reservist from Renton, Wash., is deployed from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Breckon)

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CES Reservist first at McChord to operate vehicle

Washington state Army National Guardsman Sgt. John Taber a motor sergeant with the 204th Engineers based in Centralia, Wash., gives Senior Master Sgt. Chris Webster, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, superintendent of the construction equipment shop and vehicle control officer for the 446th CES at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., an overview of the instruments in the cabin of the new Army general purpose cargo truck on Fort Lewis. On Sept. 18, Sergeant Webster was the first person on base to be licensed to drive the new Army general purpose truck; which replaces a variety of Army vehicles of the same class, including the 2 1/2-ton Army truck known as a ?deuce and a half.? Sergeant Webster will be responsible for making sure about half of the 446th CES are trained to operate the new truck. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Patrick Cabellon)

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