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  • McChord brings the Strykers to Steadfast Javelin II

    Air Mobility Command's mission is to provide rapid, global mobility and sustainment for America's armed forces, a capability demonstrated during Steadfast Javelin II, a large-scale, joint, multinational exercise held on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, from Aug. 31 through Sept. 11.The exercise further

  • Pope parachute team finishes third at Leapfest

    Four Airmen from the 18th Air Support Operations Group finished third place last month during the Rhode Island National Guard's annual Leapfest competition held at West Kingston, Rhode Island.This year's event held Aug. 2-4, consisted of 57 teams from the U.S. and international militaries that

  • McChord Airmen participate in Annual Swim to Live event

    The Bellingham Bay is located in northern Washington just 17 miles south of the Canadian border. Its waters are dark, murky and flowing with strong currents. The water temperature of the bay stays just below 50 degrees. The morning of Aug. 25, four Airmen from McChord Field jumped in and swam a

  • Under Secretary of Defense visits JB Charleston

    The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Jessica L. Garfola Wright, completed the first day of a two-day visit to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Aug. 22, 2014, to witness joint basing in action and observe the active duty and Reserve missions.Wright is the senior policy advisor to

  • In the thick of it: 34th Combat Training Squadron

    Recently, I was able to witness one of the combat exercises that the 34th Combat Training Squadron conducts at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana.The mission of the 34th CTS is to provide tailored joint mobility training to produce combat-ready Airmen and Soldiers. The

  • Silver Star awarded to 22nd STS Airman

    Four combat controllers and two tactical air control party members from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron were presented eight medals during an awards ceremony here Aug. 18. Combat controllers and TACP members are trained special operations forces who deploy undetected into combat and hostile

  • Travis, Guard train together

    Fifteen soldiers from the 49th Military Police Brigade of the California Army National Guard Homeland Response Force began a joint service exercise Aug. 11 at Travis Air Force Base. United Harbor 2014 is an emergency response exercise that begins with the loading of a C-17 Globemaster III at Travis

  • Pope Airmen graduate Ranger School

    The Army Ranger School students were all looking forward to the few hours of precious sleep they were about to get after a long day of training on Mount Yonah, a mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia.Their instructors instead rounded them up and marched to a rocky outcropping and

  • 43rd Airlift Group welcomes new commander

    Col. Kenneth E. Moss formally assumed command of the 43rd Airlift Group from Col. Daniel H. Tulley in a change of command ceremony today on Fort Bragg's Pope Army Airfield."There is no place in the world where the Army and the Air Force work more closely, more often, and gain more synergy than

  • Feds Feed Families initiative

    McConnell Airmen, along with the base commissary, are participating in a large scale food drive this summer.The Feds Feed Families program was created in 2009 by the Department of Agriculture to support families in need. It starts in June and runs through the end of August each year."The local