JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - America's First Corps hosted the first Indo-Pacific Motorized Forum with over 10 allied and partner nations to discuss the unique employment of motorized infantry across the Pacific...
4th AS airman awarded prestigious enlisted award
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - In September of 2022, Senior Airman Austin Andrews, 4th Airlift...
I Corps hosts first Indo-Pacific Motorized Forum with allied and partnered nations
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - America's First Corps hosted the first Indo-Pacific Motorized Forum...
Iron Dome technology will find a home at Joint Base Lewis-McChord according to a Breaking...
Jan
25th
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.
Jan
18th
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.
Jan
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...
News Front
SSMCP is hard at work for JBLLM
Since its founding in 2011, the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership (SSMCP) has focused on undertaking projects in support of infrastructure and regional improvements in support of military readiness and Joint Base Lewis-McChord's...
Military Policy
DOD releases memo expanding Military Parental Leave Program?
The memo - released Jan. 4 - is signed by Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.? The memo applies to all service members and is effective as of Jan. 4, 2023. The memo provides...
News Front
Modernizing work on Army bases
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - The U.S. Army Sustainment Command is leading the way in instituting workplace initiatives intended to help the command recruit and retain quality civilians and soldiers to continue its mission to support the...
Military Policy
New Body Composition Program for airmen
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The Department of the Air Force is establishing new Body Composition Program standards for airmen and guardians after the abdominal circumference was removed from the Air Force-specific Physical Fitness Assessment in...
News Front
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - Effective Jan. 1, 2023, advanced academic degrees will be visible to promotion central selection boards considering major and lieutenant colonel ranks. The change will apply to all eligible Department of the Air Force...
