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446th Airlift Wing hosts first Reserve Family Symposium

Members of the 446th Airlift Wing, along with their family members, tour a C-17 Globemaster III on McChord Field, Wash., as part of the wing's Reserve Family Symposium Aug. 10. This is the first year for the event and more than 500 people attended. (U.S. Air Force Reserve Photo/Staff Sgt. Rachael Garneau)

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446th Airlift Wing hosts first Reserve Family Symposium

Master Sgt. James Briggs, 446th Airlift Wing Equal Opportunity Advisor, leads a briefing on personality types at the wing's first Reserve Family Symposium at Hangar 9 on McChord Field, Wash., Aug. 10. There were more than 50 airmen volunteering at the event. (U.S. Air Force Reserve Photo/Staff Sgt. Rachael Garneau)

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446th Airlift Wing Hosts Key Supporter All Call

Colonel Robert Griffith, 446th Maintenance Group Commander, and Mrs. Connie Meyer, Key Supporter Mentor, host a Key Supporter All Call at McChord Theater on August 13, 2023 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The Key Supporter All Call was held to help spread awareness of the resources and agencies available to Reservists and their families. (U.S. Air Force Photo By Senior Airman Ann Butler)

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446th Airlift Wing hosts this year's "Hire America's Heroes" symposium

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.- Senior Airman Dustin Arbogast, 62nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Life Support Flight, shows business and corporation representatives, including Jessica Hardie, State Farm Insurance Company (background) how the night vision goggles works, during the Hire America's Heroes civic leader tour and symposium, McChord Field here, May 6. The theme of this year's event was "Breaking Down Barriers to Veteran Employment," to help corporate leaders and businesses in Washington State understand how veterans, including Reservists, can benefit their business or organization. The guests also flew aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and toured the Maintenance Field Training Detachment.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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446th Airlift Wing hosts this year's "Hire America's Heroes" symposium

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.- (left to right) Yamira Grimmett, State Farm Insurance Company and Dustin Shryock, Volt Information Sciences Inc., listen as Tech Sgt. Lawrence Volstorf, assistant flight chief, 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 12, describes the training maintainers undergo to maintain the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft engine. This was part of Hire America's Heroes civic leader tour and symposium, McChord Field here, May 6. The theme of this year's event was "Breaking Down Barriers to Veteran Employment," to help corporate leaders and businesses in Washington State understand how veterans can benefit their business or organization. The guests also toured the Aircrew Life Support Flight and flew aboard a C-17.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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446th Airlift Wing hosts this year's "Hire America's Heroes" symposium

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.- Staff Sgt. Patrina Groscup, training monitor, 62nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Life Support Flight, fastens the tabs on the Aircrew Eye Respiratory Protection System (AERPS) equipment while emphasizing the importance of wearing the equipment as instructe. This was part of the Hire America's Heroes civic leader tour and symposium, McChord Field here, May 6. The theme of this year's event was "Breaking Down Barriers to Veteran Employment," to help corporate leaders and businesses in Washington State understand how veterans can benefit their business or organization. The guests also flew aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and toured the Maintenance Field Training Detachment.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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446th Airlift Wing hosts this year's "Hire America's Heroes" symposium

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.- Master Sgt. Philander Eargle, Aircrew Flight Equipment Operations Section Chief, 62nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Life Support Flight, shows Jerome Shaw, Volt Information Sciences, Inc., how the Combat Search and Rescue (CSEL) radio works, during the Hire America's Heroes civic leader tour and symposium, McChord Field here, May 6. The theme of this year's event was "Breaking Down Barriers to Veteran Employment," to help corporate leaders and businesses in Washington State understand how veterans can benefit their business or organization. The guests also toured the Maintenance Field Training Detachment.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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446th Airlift Wing hosts this year's "Hire America's Heroes" symposium

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.- Staff Sgt. Peter Cramer with 62nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Life Support Flight, explains the contents of a survival vest, to (from left to right) Robert DeWald, ESGR, Cliff Brown, State Farm Insurance and Pete Stiles, VerticalPath Recruiting Inc., during the Hire America's Heroes civic leader tour and symposium, McChord Field here, May 6. The theme for this year's event was "Breaking Down Barriers to Veteran Employment," to help corporate leaders and businesses in Washington State understand how veterans, including Reservists, can benefit their business or organization. Other activities including atour of the Maintenance Field Training Detachment and a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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446th Airlift Wing leaders serve up holiday cheer

Col. Charles J. Metzgar, 446th Airlift Wing vice commander, left, alongside Chief Master Sgt. Kylee Engel, 446th AW command chief, middle, and Col. Paul M. Skipworth, 446th AW commander, serve lunch to Reserve Citizen Airmen at the dining facility, Dec. 5, 2021, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. 446th AW leaders dressed up in familiar holiday figures to boost morale during the December unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Paolo Felicitas)

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446th Airlift Wing leaders serve up holiday cheer

Chief Master Sgt. Kylee Engel, 446th Airlift Wing command chief, left, alongside Col. Paul M. Skipworth, 446th AW commander, serve lunch to Reserve Citizen Airmen at the dining facility, Dec. 5, 2021, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. 446th AW leaders dressed up in familiar holiday figures and volunteered to boost morale during the December unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Paolo Felicitas)

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446th Airlift Wing Leadership visits ODF

Chief Master Sgt. James Bolling, 446th Airlift Wing command chief, and Col. Joseph Vanoni, 446th AW commander, stand by a C-17 Globemaster III in Antarctica as part of a visit to Operation Deep Freeze on Nov. 13, 2024. Operation Deep Freeze is part of the U.S. Air Force mission to support the National Science Foundation. (U.S. Air Force courtsey photo)

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446th Airlift Wing Leadership visits ODF

Col. Joseph Vanoni, 446th Airlift Wing commander, flies a C-17 Globemaster III to Antarctica as part of a visit to Operation Deep Freeze on Nov. 18, 2024. Operation Deep Freeze assists the National Science Foundation in its effort to explore and research the continent. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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446th Airlift Wing plans next employer orientation day for April 10

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., - Staff Sgt. Joshua Coleman 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, assists a civilian employer as he tries on a protective mask during the 446th Airlift Wing Employer Orientation Day Nov. 7, 2009. The next 446th AW Employer Orientation Day will be April 10. Reservists should submit their applications nominating their employer no later than March 7. Space is limited. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Celestine)

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446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Jill Marconi, Family and Airman Readiness director, speaks to community leaders during the Pierce Military and Business Alliance (PMBA) board in November in Lakewood, Washington. As the new Family and Airman Readiness director, Marconi brings an extra special toolbox of skills to enhance the quality of life for military and families here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brooke Davis)

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446th Airlift Wing retires beloved Tank

Col. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, presents Col. Lisa Tank, former 446th AW vice commander, with the Defense Meritorius Service Medal during her retirement ceremony held in the 446th Operations Group auditorium here Nov. 6. Vautrain also presented her with the Legion of Merit Medal before the retirement orders were published. Tank has served in various roles with the 446th AW since joining the Air Force Reserve in 1994. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tanya King)

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446th Airlift Wing RodeoTeam

The 446th Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., will have five teams competing in Air Mobility Command's Rodeo 2009 here, July 17-24. The international competition focuses on improving worldwide air mobility forces' professional core abilities and features more than 40 aircraft participating in airdrops, aerial refueling and other aerial events. Additional events will showcase the unique and wide-ranging capabilities of military security forces and aerial port, maintenance and aeromedical evacuation personnel. More than 100 teams and 2,500 people from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, as well as 25 international partners, are expected to participate. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Adamarie Lewis-Page and Sandra Pishner)

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446th Airlift Wing shows civilian employers how Reservists train to fight

Tech. Sgt. Justin Shattuck, 446th Civil Engineering Squadron emergency manager, helps Carmen Cook, a director with the Washington State Employment Security Department here, don a chemical warfare protective suit during the 446th Airlift Wing's Employer Orientation Day at McChord Field, April 2. Civilian employers spent the day learning about the Reserve mission with a mock mobility line and orientation flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Moody)

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446th Airlift Wing Vice Commander

Col. Michael A. Sovitsky is Vice Commander of the 446th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

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446th Airlift Wing Volunteer Takes Lead

Staff Sgt. Clara Mailloux of the 446th Maintenance Squadron, led a team as they reconstructed the aircraft’s major aesthetic assemblies such as fuselage, tail and wings. The project will eventually help create jobs to over 70 South African women and cover their children’s education costs. (Courtesy photo)

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446th Airlift Wing Volunteer Takes Lead

Staff Sgt. Clara Mailloux of the 446th Maintenance Squadron, led a team as they reconstructed the aircraft’s major aesthetic assemblies such as fuselage, tail and wings. The project will eventually help create jobs to over 70 South African women and cover their children’s education costs. (Courtesy photo)

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