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Crew chiefs vital to dispatching aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Ray Green moves equipment into position while waiting for the morning fog to burn off at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and clear the flightline so planes can take off. Sergeant Green is an Air Force Reserve C-17 crew chief with the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman First Class Patrick Cabellon)
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Crew chiefs vital to dispatch aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Ray Green wanders through the cargo bay of a C-17 on the lookout for anything out of place such as tools, garbage, or loose cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman First Class Patrick Cabellon)
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EMS keeps Reservists safe, in touch

With just a few keystrokes, Master Sgt. Laura Elliott, 446th Operations Support Flight, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., can send out emergency notifications to all Reservists in the 446th Airlift Wing. On the direction of the wing commanderr, Sergeant Elliott will employ the new Air Force Reserve Command emergency notificaiton system to deliver messages ranging from a specific squadron's recall, to delayed reporting due to weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman First Class Patrick Cabellon)
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Career workshop set for May 5-6

The 446th Airlift Wing Career Workshop is set for May 5-6. See your unit career adviser to register. (Graphic/Virginia Reyes)
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Airlift control Airmen set the stage for operations

Master Sgt. Kevin King, 446th Airlift Control Flight, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., adjusts an inmersat antenna during Pacific Lifeline Feb. 4. Pacific Lifeline was a humanitarian assistance disaster response exercise that took place over three Hawaiian Islands Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. More than 900 Department of Defense personnel participated, including 145 Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)
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First sergeants offer helping hands during exercise

Master Sgt. Todd Lamphere, 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron first sergeant from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., talks with Tech. Sgt. Mark Marinov, one of the PERSCO team members from the 446th Mission Support Squadron, during the Pacific Lifeline exercise. Sergeant Lamphere is the first sergeant for everyone at Kauai during the exercise. Pacific Lifeline is a humanitarian assistance disaster response exercise taking place on three Hawaiian Islands Jan. 26 to Feb. 9. More than 900 Department of Defense personnel are participating, including 145 Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing at McChord. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)
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CES Reservists train at Silver Flag

Master Sgt. Michael Hoover, right, prepares to do some electrical work during the Silver Flag exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Twenty-eight Reservists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in Silver Flag Jan. 6-11. Silver Flag is a wartime training exercise.
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Saving lives in the Pacific

Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., process through a deployment line here before leaving for the Pacific Lifeline exercise in Hawaii Jan. 26-Feb. 9. Pacific Lifeline is a total force exercise designed to exercise the military's ability to rapidly deploy a trained, equipped team anywhere in the Pacific in response to a humanitarian assistance or disaster scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)
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A Day with the Sonics

Kevin Durant of the NBA's Seattle Sonics basketball team signs a hat for Senior Master Sgt. Stephen Harris at KeyArena in Seattle Dec. 19. Sergeant Harrison, a Reservist with the 446th Services Flight at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., was one of 20 military members from McChord and Fort Lewis invited to spend the day with the Sonics as a thank you to all military personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tyler Hemstreet)
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For the love of running

Maj. Doug Soho, 728th Airlift Squadron, runs laps at the McChord Air Force Base running track to complete his 1.5 mile run for his physical fitness test Nov. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)
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For the love of running

Tech. Sgt. Wendy Beauchaine, 446th Mission Support Squadron, stretches before her afternoon run in Puyallup, Wash. Sergeant Beauchaine runs an average of 25 to 30 miles per week and ran the Seattle half-marathon Nov. 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)
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Reservists donate time to charity

Master Sgt. Neal Therrien, 446th Mission Support Squadron, is a WHALE of a volunteer. But he is just one in an ocean of volunteers in the Air Force Reserve at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
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Reservist investigates temporary duty in Japan

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Jankord discusses an investigation with a co-worker. Sergeant Jankord is a 446th Airlift Wing Reservist from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., who worked in the security forces investigations section while on temporary duty at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
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Aircrews donate to local community during Antarctic mission

Reserve and active-duty Airmen from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings taking part in Operation Deep Freeze present a check to the "Cookie Munchers" organization. Each year the Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., contribute to a different organization located in their Operation Deep Freeze staging area, Christchurch, New Zealand. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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446th Airlift Wing Employer Orientation Day

Tech. Sgt. Pam Higgins, 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, shows Jon Koloski how to give oxygen through a bag to a "patient," at the 446th ASTS Skills Lab. Mr. Koloski, along with 36 other civilian employers of Air Force Reservists, spent Oct. 20 learning the jobs of their employees who also serve in the Air Force Reserve during the 446th Airlift Wing's Employer Orientation Day at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jennifer Gerhardt)
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446th Airlift Wing Employer Orientation Day

Staff Sgt. Keith Sekora, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Flight, shows and tells civilian employers how different bombs can be exploded and what the aftermath looks like. The employers spent Oct. 20 learning about the jobs their employees do when they are serving in the Air Force Reserve with the 446th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grant Saylor)
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446th Airlift Wing Employer Orientation Day

Senior Airman Shaun Lundgren, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Flight, explains to civilian employers of Reservists how certain small robots can help detect and disable explosives. The tour was part of the 446th Airlift Wing's Employer Orientation Day where employers of Air Force Reservists spend a day learning what their employees do when performing the Reserve mission.
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Security Forces Fire Up

Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Davis, 446th Security Forces Squadron, loads ammunition into his M4 before beginning to fire. Sergeant Davis joined his fellow security forces Airmen for an all day and night qualification during the Reserve weekend at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., Oct. 20-21.
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Security Forces Fire Up

Firearms instructor Senior Airman Joshua Hartford, 446th Security Forces Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., watches an Air Force Reserve eam member prepare to fire the M4 during their annual firearms training Oct. 20 at Fort Lewis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Desiree Kiliz)
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Giving GIs their joe

Master Sgt. Terry Acton (left), a Reservist with the 728th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and Bret Frye, a Starbucks manufacturing manager, unload the last of a shipment of Starbucks coffee to be delivered to troops overseas. Together, the two have given to servicemembers what they estimate to be at least 10,000 pounds of Starbucks coffee, plus an untold amount of accessories, over the last four years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nick Przybyciel)
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