Dreams do come true at McChord Field

Most 16-year old boys wish for their driver's license, their first date or making the sports team. For one 16-year old boy, his dream has always been to pilot an aircraft.The McChord Air Force Association, joined forces with Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airmen and soldiers, Aug. 22, to help make that

Grand Forks Airman earns second chance for AMC Icon title

A Grand Forks Air Force Base Warrior of the North is scheduled to compete for the title of AMC Icon for the second year in a row.Airman 1st Class Andrew Hicks, 319th Medical Operations Squadronan aerospace medical technician, earned the first-place award for a military member in the local Air

UCMJ remains strict on drugs

With the successes of Initiative 502 in Washington state and Amendment 64 in Colorado last November, the legal framework of drug use has become decisively more lax.However malleable the legal status of marijuana and other drugs becomes for civilians, the Uniform Code of Military Justice has not

Joint Base Charleston hosts runway ribbon cutting event

Military officials, construction contractors and local civic leaders gathered to mark the end of major construction efforts on the main runway, August 8, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C.The ribbon cutting ceremony featured speakers from DWG & Associates, the 628th Air Base Wing,

Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of

Finding the Passion of Service

"When I was a captain, I received some unexpected news that I had been selected to fly the MQ-1 Predator," said Col. David Kumashiro, 62nd Airlift Wing commander. "I was at a point in my career where I was uncertain whether I was going to make the Air Force a career. I had been flying the line for

McChord members return from U.S.-Australian exercise

Sixteen Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing recently returned from their participation in a coalition exercise between the U.S. military and the Australian Defense Force. That exercise is known as Talisman Saber 2013 and was executed in eastern Australia from July 15th through July 29th.Joining more

Military working dogs sink their teeth into local media

Two hats one man

During the week, Robert Foster is the battalion commander for the City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, but for one weekend out of each month for the last 20 years, he dons a different kind of uniform and provides lifesaving medical care as an Air Force Reserves chief master sergeant and 927th

Airman of the Month: striving for excellence

A young Airman from Henderson, N.C., wants to one day be a politician, but in the meantime is being recognized by her peers as a hard working professional here. Airman 1st Class Tatjuna Talisa Johnson, 436th Contracting Squadron contracting specialist, is being recognized as Team Dover's Airman of