Military Life
Did you know what military life would be like as a spouse before you became a military family? Some people have taken cues from popular television shows that fictionalize what day-to-day life is like in a military community. Some have an idea that military wives get together to do dinner, plan
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"I will be back here eventually," said Joint Base Lewis-McChord Garrison Command Sgt. Major Matthew Barnes, who is on the verge of completing his third tour here. "My wife and daughter will be staying in the area and I'll need to come back and see the Seahawks play ... and
Family
It's hard to beat a sunny day or evening at a local ball field with a promise of a hot dog, red vines and garlic fries. And I mean baseball is cool too. While stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord there are three semi-local options to catch a minor league or major
PCSing with Pets
From Spousebuzz... Like many other military families, we are the proud owner of a fur child. Her name is Annie, and she is a black lab. She is gentle, loyal, great with our kids and the best company a girl could ask for. She kept my husband's side
Military Life
Three years ago, when Lt. Col. Kelli Smiley's daughter was introduced to the world's water crisis, the 446th Force Support Squadron commander's daughter discovered $1 could potentially provide water to a person living in a third-world country for a year. This discovery flooded her with the inspiration to save lives
Operation Family Support
It's been more than three years since Tacoma Airman Staff Sgt. Timothy Davis was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED), one of the deadliest kinds of attacks on American troops, in Afghanistan. Losing Davis at the age of 28 has been a difficult process for his family. Lately, however, it
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(Air Mobility Command PA) - First Lt. Ryan McGuire, a C-17 pilot with the 4th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field, recently won five medals at the 2012 Warrior Games, and is also the Air Mobility Command nominee for the 2012 Department of Defense Employee/Service Member with a Disability Award. On top
Operation Family Support
It didn't take long for Joan Wasserstrom to lead the McChord Field Thrift Shop. Within two weeks of becoming a volunteer in 1976, she became day chairwoman and started running the shop's day-to-day operations. Taking care of the shop has been a main priority for Joan as well as her husband of
Stage
It's not always fun being a critic. Sure, I get to see everything for free, but I have to see everything. Think about that. Often, I find myself defaming the earnest efforts of friends. At auditions-I still act a few times a year-I'm competing against, and for, people who have
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Strange creatures both human and animal lurk in the front rooms of Fulcrum Gallery. The show is called Visions from the Other Side Surrealistic Portraits, a Group Show. Featured are works by Larkin Cypher, Kelsi Finney, Jeremy Gregory and Keith Carter. The work is inventive. Each artist has a personal, sometimes
Food Matters
We pause in our efforts to find the new and innovative to write about a personal favorite.. It's been around forever yet, never gets old for the taste buds - the Burs Bennies. Rich, creamy hollandaise sauce drips off of two perfectly poached eggs smothering the
Check It Out
Summer pumps, sandals, and wedges have arrived all over the Puget Sound, and they are fiercer than ever. Bright colors, bows, and polka dots all give these shoes that extra bedazzle needed for the season. Sheek City Shoes and Yolie's are prime examples of Summer's hottest.
Travel
As travel plans get booked for the summer and all final details locked down, determining how to get to and from the airport can be the last pain point needing to be solved. Being stationed in a place where family and friends may not be easily accessible for support, finding
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Shawn Bowen pulled his three challenge coins from his flight suit May 17 before boarding a C-17 Globemaster III on JBLM McChord Field. He was ensuring that his 4th Airlift Squadron tour guides had their coins as well; if they failed to produce coins they owed the
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Matt Venable doesn't consider himself a runner. Not yet anyway. The Air National Guardsman recently finished his second half-marathon and is training for his first full marathon, but the major wants to accomplish more before he considers himself a runner. "Right now I'm a guy who's running," Venable said. Venable
Military Life
Before Doug Levien was the commander of the 593rd Special Troops Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the lieutenant colonel was stationed in Europe. It was overseas where Levien began doing volksmarches, non-competitive fitness walking that began in Europe. Every weekend he walked a different six-mile route carrying
Military Life
Approximately 40 years of friendship between the South Sound military and Special Olympics continues next week. Special Olympics Washington will open its Summer Games June 1 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. More than 6,000 athletes and supporters will converge on JBLM as part of the annual partnership. Soldiers
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Dining facility hours expanded earlier this month on Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Lewis North and Lewis Main. The changes, which include certain mess halls being open later in the day and a new brunch feeding window on weekends, came only shortly before Installation Management Command recommended that nearly 25
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Once, on a kayaking trip with his buddies, Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut saw a tree probably 14-inches thick and decided he would cut it down with the small hatchet he had packed along. His friends, Sgt. Martin LePage and Sgt. Tyler Jenkins, laughed and went to set up camp.
News Front
MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord - Madigan is now in PHASE 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts. All enrolled patients and eligible TRICARE beneficiaries 12 years of age or older can get the vaccine. Patients should know that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is the only one given on
