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David Poe/JBLM PAO on June 8th, 2012
Major General Jeffrey S. Buchanan, I Corps' deputy commanding general, forms part of a command team responsible for nine brigades of troops, yet as he looked out at a sea of thousands of Special Olympians June 1, he said he couldn't help but be inspired. Marking the
Kids
David Poe/JBLM PAO on June 1st, 2012
Sometimes it can be hard to get 10-year-old Lilyanna Echols' attention. At practice, a week before her second Summer Games appearance, the gold medalist, to her coaches and mother's dismay, likes to socialize. Whether it's between heats, or even during them as she looks out for friends
Military Life
David Poe/JBLM PAO on May 25th, 2012
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
Focus
David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 17th, 2012
A traditional Irish saying claims "The tree remains, but not the hand that planted it." Soldiers who live by the creed of De Oppresso Liber, or "to liberate the oppressed," know that truth all too well. Soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group remembered one of their own Feb.
Military Resources
David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 3rd, 2012
Sam and his older brother, Spc. Tom Brandon, a Soldier with 17th Fires Brigade, rode together in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Better Opportunities for Single Servicemembers van the evening of Jan. 27. Whether it was barracks-to-barracks, trips to the Express, or getting fellow troops home from a
Education
David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 3rd, 2012
Servicemembers entering the civilian workforce are sharing in the nation's current economic slump. The U.S. Department of Labor reported in 2010 an 11.5 percent unemployment rate for those who'd served in the military any time after September 2001. With the Army expecting to downsize by approximately 80,000
Focus
David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 3rd, 2012
It's 25 degrees, 10 with the wind chill. You've lost control of your car and have landed in an embankment just off of the Nisqually. While you get your bearings and wonder if your arm is broken, a tone sounds at Joint Base Lewis- McChord. JBLM firefighters spring
Focus
David Poe/JBLM PAO on January 24th, 2012
The "fighting knife" that's seen in the U.S. Army Special Forces crest is said to represent a "silent" weapon that represents "straight and true" Special Forces troops. Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 1st Special Forces Group recognized 14 of their own fighting knives and pinned them with
Focus
David Poe/JBLM PAO on December 15th, 2011
"One hundred men we'll test today, but only three win the Green Beret." If we're to believe a song, most of us couldn't hack being Special Forces Soldiers, yet everyone who was invited to the 1st Special Forces Group Flat Range Complex got a chance to shoot like
Neighborhoods
David Poe/JBLM PAO on November 9th, 2011
Barely a year old, Joint Base Lewis-McChord continues to upgrade its amenities that serve a growing, diverse military and military Family population. The trend continued when installation leadership, along with Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation and private construction company reps broke ground on upgrades
McChord Flightline Chatter
David Poe/JBLM PAO on December 9th, 2011
The Uniformed Code of Military Justice is more than 14,000 words long ... in sub chapter 1 (there are 12 in all.) This newspaper article is roughly one-twentieth of that first chapter. When it comes to the legal rights of all involved in the system, knowing military
McChord Flightline Chatter
David Poe/JBLM PAO on November 15th, 2011
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- A year before, and in some cases only months before, they were wide-eyed young people fresh out of high school, while some were twenty-somethings looking for a new start. Some maybe used to slink down in their chairs, and some would speak
McChord Flightline Chatter
David Poe/JBLM PAO on November 11th, 2011
A year before, and in some cases only months before, many were wide-eyed young people fresh out of high school. Some were 20-somethings looking for a new start. Some slunk in their chairs, some spoke to neighbors in class while their instructors spoke. Some cared more about
McChord Flightline Chatter
David Poe/JBLM PAO on October 6th, 2011
According to a July report, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airmen are exceeding Air Mobility Command and Air Force averages on the year-old Air Force Fitness Test. Coming in just higher than AMC and as much as 3 percent higher than the Air Force overall in the "excellent" category,
McChord Flightline Chatter
David Poe/JBLM PAO on September 22nd, 2011
In 2010 the Air Force's Air Mobility Command launched the Comprehensive Airman Fitness concept to be what Air Force Gen. Raymond E. Johns, Jr., AMC commander, said would be "not a program, but an approach to better equip you to handle stress." Joint Base Lewis McChord's continued dedication to joint
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