As Robert Ezelle prepared to go home after the horrendous events of 9/11, he took a last look out over the operations floor in the Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) building at McChord Field. "We had those old green radar screens, and those...
Rick Patterson has been involved with the Washington National Guard since he was a youngster. "My family spent many summers on American Lake, and we stayed in National Guard-owned camping trailers parked at the Guard's beach there," he...
While playing Babe Ruth League baseball in 1976 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Tim Gorden broke his neck. As a result, he spent six months in neck traction devices before undergoing fusion surgery. "The life lesson here is that regardless of what you...
1Lt. Brett Cox is a master of integration; he is a generalist as opposed to a specialist; he knows a great deal about a great many disciplines and applies that knowledge is a practical way. "My spectrum of passions ranges from water sports,...
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - On July 12, 2018, a U.S. Army Air Ambulance (MEDEVAC) helicopter crew had been alerted to an urgent MEDEVAC mission request. The mission was to only take 12 minutes of air travel time from AP Lightning, Afghanistan...
In 1976 a bored Gordon Jay wandered into a recruiter's office. "I was attending college at Centralia Community College, but I had to wait for the guy who carpooled with me from Elma to finish his classes," began the retired warrant officer. "I...
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