Dan Cathers, Virginia Nickelson, Frank Hyke, Tonya Borden, David Edgeworth, Jon Eaton, Kevin Henry and I traveled to Seattle last Sunday morning to participate in one of GORUCK's popular Star Course 15K Events.
Anti-tank missile gunners get enhanced protection
Working with the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army engineers at Picatinny Arsenal have developed a...
2020 Innovation Rodeo finalist includes JBLM airman
The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center announced finalists for the 2020 AFIMSC...
62nd Airlift Wing commander’s first all call
The 62nd Airlift Wing's newest commander, Col. Erin Staine-Pyne, held her first all call for the...
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Korean War vet's 'guardian angel'
There are many who believe there is no such thing as coincidence; things happen for a reason and people enter their lives for a purpose.
Jan
18th
Team McChord takes to the skies
The 62nd Airlift Wing partnered with fellow mobility forces and the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division for a joint forcible entry exercise, Dec. 8-11, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
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AFJROTC launches Flight Academy program
Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC has launched a program aimed at potentially putting more pilots in the cockpits of military aircraft to help address the Air Force's ongoing aircrew shortage.
Jan
11th
Col. Sean P. Pierce will assume his role as the 446th Airlift Wing's newest commander following a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Jan. 6.
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11th
In conjunction with the 446th Airlift Wing, the 62nd Operations Group kicked off the 2017-2018 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE (ODF), a mission offering unparalleled Department of Defense support to the National Science Foundation (NSF)-managed...
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More deployments set for Indo-Pacific region
Later this year, soldiers will initiate five-month extended rotations to countries like Thailand, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said at the Brookings Institution Friday.
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Staine-Pyne takes command of 62nd Airlift Wing
The new commander of the 62nd Airlift Wing made a long journey to assume her new duties. Or so Maj. Gen. Sam Barrett, 18th Air Force commander, joked during his remarks as presiding officer at the change of command ceremony on Jan. 10.
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Brigade Combat Teams will help inform requirements for a Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System
Five U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Brigade Combat Teams have been identified to participate in an Army Futures Command-directed Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (FTUAS) Capability Demonstration beginning this spring.
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Increase in housing allowance and basic pay in 2020
WASHINGTON— Service members will see an increase to their basic housing allowance and basic pay rates starting Jan. 1, the Pentagon announced Thursday. AD: Couple counseling on JBLM pays you $300 and it is confidential. Info here...
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Troxell returns to the Northwest
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell has returned to the Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) community.
In this part of the country, any institution celebrating 100 consecutive years in operation is...
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