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Artists with Team Chihuly work to finish a piece of

Artists with Team Chihuly work to finish a piece of

Artists with Team Chihuly work to finish a piece of glass art during a demonstration at the Museum of Glass Feb. 18, 2013, in Tacoma, Wash. More than 1,500 participants, predominately based at Joint Base Lewis-... More

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Brittany Payne, from Chicago, fires an M240 machine gun at a firing range on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Sailors assigned to the weapons and security departments

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Brittany Payne, from Chicago, fires an M240 ma...

BREMERTON, Wash. (Sep. 25, 2014) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Brittany Payne, from Chicago, fires an M240 machine gun at a firing range on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Sailors assigned to the weapons and security depar... More

Life path gives C-17 pilot high careers with Alaska, Reserve (Part 2 of 3)

Life path gives C-17 pilot high careers with Alaska, Reserve (Part 2 o...

Col. Garin Tentschert, former 97th Airlift Squadron commander out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., operating a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft back in 2001. Tentschert is also an Alaska Airlines chief pilot, r... More

Retired Master Sgt. Gene Peeples, of Largo, Fla., poses

Retired Master Sgt. Gene Peeples, of Largo, Fla., poses

Retired Master Sgt. Gene Peeples, of Largo, Fla., poses for a photo before the reactivation ceremony of the 7th Infantry Division Oct. 10 at Watkins Parade Field, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Peeples, who is... More

Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, affix

Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, affix

Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, affix the regimental colors to a rucksack to carry during the Manchu Mile Sept. 13, here. The history of Manchu Mile dates back to 1900 when soldiers of the 9th... More

Mallory Carmichael, a Family Advocacy Program specialist

Mallory Carmichael, a Family Advocacy Program specialist

Mallory Carmichael, a Family Advocacy Program specialist with the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Department of Personnel and Family Readiness (DPFR), adjusts her slides while streaming her Wellness Symposium course o... More

Expert Infantryman Badge Training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Expert Infantryman Badge Training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Two infantrymen with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division take a break while practicing range finding, a portion of 2nd Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge testing where they evaluate their dis... More

Banners welcoming home members of the 16th Combat Aviation

Banners welcoming home members of the 16th Combat Aviation

Banners welcoming home members of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade decorate a hangar at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Approximately 100 Soldiers from the 16th CAB returned home, Sept. 20, 2014, after a deploy... More

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

An infantryman with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division practices using the AT4, a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon, on April 6, 2016 as part of 2nd Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge testing ... More

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

An infantryman with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division performs a series of checks ensuring the weapon, an M2 .50 caliber machinegun, will fire as part of 2nd Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Ba... More

Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment,

Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment,

Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, honored their forefathers by conducting the Manchu Mile road march at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.... More

U.S. Army Capt. David McKenna, a communications officer

U.S. Army Capt. David McKenna, a communications officer

U.S. Army Capt. David McKenna, a communications officer with the 448th Civil Affairs Battalion, translates as Spc. Justin Teschner, a sniper with 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Comba... More

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

An infantryman with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division practices clearing the M2 machine gun on April 6, 2016 as part of Expert Infantryman Badge testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washing... More

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Expert Infantryman Badge Testing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord

An infantryman with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division prepares for a portion of 2nd Brigade’s Expert Infantryman Badge testing in which soldiers are tested on range-finding; the ability to ... More

Major General Roger Noble, Australian Army, Deputy

Major General Roger Noble, Australian Army, Deputy

Major General Roger Noble, Australian Army, Deputy Commanding General-North and Lieutenant General Gary Volesky, commanding general of America's First Corps salute the color guard during the ceremony opening to... More

Army’s fiscal, maintenance struggles forge privatized housing

Army’s fiscal, maintenance struggles forge privatized housing

Retired Lt. Gen. Edward Soriano, then I Corps commanding general, along with an Army family, cut the ceremonial ribbon to dedicate the new 108-unit Beachwood II housing area on Lewis North, built under the Resi... More

CSM Du reads the Guardian, Washington State

CSM Du reads the Guardian, Washington State

Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Du reads the Northwest Guardian newspaper while taking a break in the brigade’s tactical operations center in 2003. The brigade was part of Task Force Ironhorse, conducting operations ... More

The Taylors' checkerspot butterfly calls prairie land

The Taylors' checkerspot butterfly calls prairie land

The Taylors' checkerspot butterfly calls prairie land on Joint Base Lewis-McChord its home. Because of shrinking habitat, the training areas on JBLM are one place where humans and wildlife can coexist. Wildlife... More

A C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., takes

A C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., takes

A C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., takes off for a competition mission for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 on July 25, 2007. Rodeo, sponsored by Air Mobility Command, is a readiness competition for U.S. ... More

Operation Deep Freeze, Washington State

Operation Deep Freeze, Washington State

A large track vehicle like this one has been validated for transportation on a C-17. Crews from McChord Field, Wash., will carry this 68,000-pound vehicle to McMurdo Station, Antarctica for the National Science... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Moten (left) with the 13th

Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Moten (left) with the 13th

Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Moten (left) with the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and Command Sgt. Maj. Henry Montoya (center), with the 51st Signal Battalion, congratulates Spc. Daniel Bell (right) for w... More

Families watch as they receive instruction at the range.

Families watch as they receive instruction at the range.

Families watch as they receive instruction at the range. They were participating in B Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Inf., Regiment's family at work day held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 20, 2011.

NCO shows support for awareness

NCO shows support for awareness

Sgt. 1st Class Rowena A. Brown, right, non-commissioned officer in-charge of logistics for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I Corps, shows the special projects manager officer for HHC, I Corps, her pink b... More

Jim Paulsen, lead instructor for the Army Traffic Safety

Jim Paulsen, lead instructor for the Army Traffic Safety

Jim Paulsen, lead instructor for the Army Traffic Safety Program at Joint Base Lewis - McChord, gives students instructors before releasing them to complete an exercise at the motorcycle driving range, July 13.... More

The U.S. Air Force Rodeo distinguished visitors make

The U.S. Air Force Rodeo distinguished visitors make

The U.S. Air Force Rodeo distinguished visitors make their way out to a C-17 Globemaster III to welcome U.S. arrivals to Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 23. Air Mobility Rodeo is ... More

Yakima Training Center fireman Steve Martinez stands

Yakima Training Center fireman Steve Martinez stands

Yakima Training Center fireman Steve Martinez stands ready to fulfill a childhood dream of representing the U.S.A. at the World Sprint Triathlon Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 11. Representing the co... More

Cpl. Richard Heitsmith, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry

Cpl. Richard Heitsmith, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry

Cpl. Richard Heitsmith, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, answers questions about the Stryker personnel carrier during the Mt. Rainier chapter of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Inc.... More

I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord Women's Equality Day Observance

I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord Women's Equality Day Observance

Lt. Col. Quindola Crowley, U.S. Army Reserves, guest speaker at the Women's Equality Day Observance held at the McChord Co-located Club on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Aug. 26, delivers a speech about obstacles an... More

Fans gaze up at Drowning Pool front man Ryan McCombs

Fans gaze up at Drowning Pool front man Ryan McCombs

Fans gaze up at Drowning Pool front man Ryan McCombs during a free concert on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Sept. 26. The concert was sponsored by Jagermeister, the Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recrea... More

Students painstakingly crunch numbers while analyzing

Students painstakingly crunch numbers while analyzing

Students painstakingly crunch numbers while analyzing social network data during their tests.

The ominous black-light sign was the first sight of

The ominous black-light sign was the first sight of

The ominous black-light sign was the first sight of "Theatrical Nightmare: A Walk in the Dark" at Shoreline Park, Oct. 28-30. The production was run by the B.O.S.S program of JBLM. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dayan Neely)

Soldiers assigned to the 593rd Special Troops Battalion

Soldiers assigned to the 593rd Special Troops Battalion

Soldiers assigned to the 593rd Special Troops Battalion call cadence while participating in a Halloween “costume run” on JBLM Oct. 29.

A young boy watches a massive polar bear chow down

A young boy watches a massive polar bear chow down

A young boy watches a massive polar bear chow down on a chunk of meat at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Nov. 11.

Staff Sgt. Justin Theriot, 62nd Operations Support

Staff Sgt. Justin Theriot, 62nd Operations Support

Staff Sgt. Justin Theriot, 62nd Operations Support Squadron air traffic control technician, observes an incoming aircraft from the air traffic control tower Jan. 5, at McChord Field, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, W... More

Comprehensive Airman Fitness: McChord chapel an example of support, spiritual guidance

Comprehensive Airman Fitness: McChord chapel an example of support, sp...

Lt. Col. Michael Husfelt, center, 627th Air Base Group wing chaplain, speaks with a group about building relationships Jan. 20, at the McChord Field Chapel Support Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. ... More

McChord Airmen participate in pilot panel at local middle school

McChord Airmen participate in pilot panel at local middle school

Kareen Borders, Key Peninsula Middle School NASA Explorer School team lead, introduces 2011’s pilot panel at the school, Jan. 24, in Lakebay, Wash. McChord Field annually sends pilots to speak on the panel, giv... More

Senior Airman Marty Heenan, left, and Airman 1st Class

Senior Airman Marty Heenan, left, and Airman 1st Class

Senior Airman Marty Heenan, left, and Airman 1st Class Maria McGinnis, both 627th Force Support Squadron dining facility staff members, prepare grilled chicken during the lunchtime meal at the Olympic Dining Fa... More

A memorial obelisk is displayed during the U.S. Army's

A memorial obelisk is displayed during the U.S. Army's

A memorial obelisk is displayed during the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment memorial ceremony at the battalion's headquarters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 7, 2011. The names of the fa... More

9-year-old becomes airlift unit's 'pilot for a day' at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

9-year-old becomes airlift unit's 'pilot for a day' at Joint Base Lewi...

Nine-year-old Owain Weinert smiles as he sits in the pilot seat of a C-17 Globemaster III as part of the Pilot for a Day program, Feb. 15, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Pilot for a Day is an Air Force prog... More

Erica Camacho, front desk staff, Soldier Readiness

Erica Camacho, front desk staff, Soldier Readiness

Erica Camacho, front desk staff, Soldier Readiness Center, checks soldiers’ identification tags and cards as they begin the Soldier Readiness Process, an annual requirement that identifies deployable and non-de... More

Airman Horew An, 62nd Maintenance Squadron electrical

Airman Horew An, 62nd Maintenance Squadron electrical

Airman Horew An, 62nd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental technician, repairs the air conditioning system of a C-17 Globemaster III as part of a routine maintenance inspection Feb. 24, at Joint Ba... More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airman's EOD role helped to save lives

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airman's EOD role helped to save lives

Staff Sgt. Mark Walker, 627th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, is pictured here in March 2011. He was selected as the 62nd Airlift Wing’s 2010 Non-commissioned Officer of the Year... More

Celebrate National Nutrition Month with a visit to the HAWC

Celebrate National Nutrition Month with a visit to the HAWC

Airmen and spouses perform callisthenic exercises during the McChord Field Fitness Annex's cardio tone class, March 9, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The various weekly classes and services offered at the M... More

Pvt. Chris Smoak, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery

Pvt. Chris Smoak, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery

Pvt. Chris Smoak, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, helps a woman with her bags at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after arriving from Japan, March 22. She was arriving as part of Operation Pac... More

Tamara Jenkins, mayor of the city of DuPont, Wash.,

Tamara Jenkins, mayor of the city of DuPont, Wash.,

Tamara Jenkins, mayor of the city of DuPont, Wash., and Mary Jean Sturdevant, a member of the Women Air Force Service Pilots, acknowledge each other's accomplishments during a Women's History Month ceremony on ... More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord families watch as their children

Joint Base Lewis-McChord families watch as their children

Joint Base Lewis-McChord families watch as their children barrel into a field of balloons in search of the prize egg during the annual Easter Dash at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fest Tent, April 16. Chil... More

Sgt. Glory-Dana Salomon, health care noncommissioned

Sgt. Glory-Dana Salomon, health care noncommissioned

Sgt. Glory-Dana Salomon, health care noncommissioned officer, 66th Military Police Company and Spc. Ashlee Gabb, signal support systems specialist, 6th Military Police Group CID, help clean up Solo Point Beach ... More

With 28 seconds to spare, a 4th Stryker Brigade Combat

With 28 seconds to spare, a 4th Stryker Brigade Combat

With 28 seconds to spare, a 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division soldier crosses the finish line of a 12-mile foot march April 29 here. Infantry soldiers with the brigade participated in the f... More

Sgt. Maj. Myris C. Callwood the equal opportunity sergeant

Sgt. Maj. Myris C. Callwood the equal opportunity sergeant

Sgt. Maj. Myris C. Callwood the equal opportunity sergeant major for I Corps, left, learns about a jupan, a South Korean calculator, from South Korean native ChanMee Lee, right, an office manager for the Asian ... More

Pilots from 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment,

Pilots from 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment,

Pilots from 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment, fire a Blue Sphere simulation rocket from their OH-58D Kiowa helicopter during their annual gunnery qualifications at Yakima Training Center, Washington, May 17.

The large crowd cheered, sang and danced as Toa-O-Samoa,

The large crowd cheered, sang and danced as Toa-O-Samoa,

The large crowd cheered, sang and danced as Toa-O-Samoa, a group of Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier's and family members representing Samoa, proudly presented a Samoan tribal dance during an Asian-Pacific Heri... More

U.S. Army Spc. Virginia D. Treichler, right, a medic

U.S. Army Spc. Virginia D. Treichler, right, a medic

U.S. Army Spc. Virginia D. Treichler, right, a medic with Bravo Company, Madigan Healthcare System, takes the temperature and blood pressure of retired Navy Commander Andrew J. Peck, (left) during the annual Re... More

Going away gift - Defense imagery management operations center

Going away gift - Defense imagery management operations center

Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, I Corps commander, presents a going away gift to Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay, chief of staff, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 24, 2011.

Farewell dinner for Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay, chief

Farewell dinner for Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay, chief

Farewell dinner for Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay, chief of staff, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash., May 24 2011. Col. David Funk addresses the audience.

Rodeo riders at expo shine a light on motorcycle safety

Rodeo riders at expo shine a light on motorcycle safety

Sgt. Page Ford ,(left) an operation room technician with the 47th Combat Support Hospital here, receives information from Sgt. 1st Class Greg M. Hilchey, (right) an operations non commissioned officer with the ... More

Sgt. Page Ford, (left) an operation room technician

Sgt. Page Ford, (left) an operation room technician

Sgt. Page Ford, (left) an operation room technician with the 47th Combat Support Hospital here, receives information from Sgt 1st Class Greg M. Hilchey, (right) an operations non-commissioned officer with the 3... More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, foreground,

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, foreground,

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, foreground, commander of I Corps, speaks during a deployment ceremony for the unit on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 26, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Colleen Larson/Released)

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Graham, now the former command

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Graham, now the former command

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Graham, now the former command sergeant major of the 23rd Chemical Battalion, motivates the battalion’s soldiers May 31 during a 4.5-mile run from the battalion’s headquarters on North... More

Maj. Gen. Lloyd Miles, I Corps deputy commander, speaks

Maj. Gen. Lloyd Miles, I Corps deputy commander, speaks

Maj. Gen. Lloyd Miles, I Corps deputy commander, speaks at the June 3 graduation ceremony for Madigan Healthcare System’s Graduate Medical Education.

Col. Michael Getchell, the commander of 4th Stryker

Col. Michael Getchell, the commander of 4th Stryker

Col. Michael Getchell, the commander of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, talks to the graduates of a joint forward observer course June 16.

Capt. Jennifer McNaught, a veterinary corps officer

Capt. Jennifer McNaught, a veterinary corps officer

Capt. Jennifer McNaught, a veterinary corps officer at the Pacific Northwest District Veterinary Command's clinic here, checks the reflexes of Meki, a 627th Security Forces, 627th Airbase Group working dog, to ... More

Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets Kevin

Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets Kevin

Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets Kevin Gillespie (left) and Guy Mbemba (right) place their trust in their equipment and training as they rappel down the 37-foot rappel tower at Joint Base Lewis-McCh... More

A military policeman assigned to Headquarters and

A military policeman assigned to Headquarters and

A military policeman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, discovers a simulated crime scene during a forensic material collection and exploi... More

Boy Scouts of America Troop 1496 recites the Boy Scout

Boy Scouts of America Troop 1496 recites the Boy Scout

Boy Scouts of America Troop 1496 recites the Boy Scout oath during their visit with the 864th Engineer Battalion, June 24. The scouts came to learn about different occupations in the Army and see what kind of e... More

A soldier from the 1st Special Forces Group executes

A soldier from the 1st Special Forces Group executes

A soldier from the 1st Special Forces Group executes a water jump at 15,000 feet into American Lake at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to meet up with friends and family during the group's Organizational Day, June 30 ... More

Heather Taylor works to check-in a patient at McChord

Heather Taylor works to check-in a patient at McChord

Heather Taylor works to check-in a patient at McChord Medical Clinic’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Service. Taylor was named the MEDCOM Employee of the Year (Tier I), June 27.

Col. R. Wyn Elder speaks to airmen during an Air Mobility

Col. R. Wyn Elder speaks to airmen during an Air Mobility

Col. R. Wyn Elder speaks to airmen during an Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 team introduction, July 8, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The combined 62nd Airlift Wing and 627th Air Base Group teams introduced ... More

Members of the Air Mobility Command prepare for the

Members of the Air Mobility Command prepare for the

Members of the Air Mobility Command prepare for the upcoming Rodeo 2011 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on July 16, 2011. Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier international comba... More

U.S. Air Force and Army personnel salute a KC-10 Extender

U.S. Air Force and Army personnel salute a KC-10 Extender

U.S. Air Force and Army personnel salute a KC-10 Extender arriving at McChord Air Force Base during Air Mobility Command's Rodeo July 17, 2011. Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier i... More

A sign welcomes staff members and participants for

A sign welcomes staff members and participants for

A sign welcomes staff members and participants for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 inside a hangar at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 17. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's prem... More

A stage and other equipment is prepared inside an aircraft

A stage and other equipment is prepared inside an aircraft

A stage and other equipment is prepared inside an aircraft hangar at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 17, for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011. Rodeo, sponsored by the Air Mobility Command, is the Mobility Air Forc... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Amber Ricketson, 627

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Amber Ricketson, 627

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Amber Ricketson, 627 Security Forces Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., assigns badges to Rodeo participants from Japan, on July 18, 2011. Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's a... More

Staff Sgt. Owen Compton and Maj. Shane Noyes, both

Staff Sgt. Owen Compton and Maj. Shane Noyes, both

Staff Sgt. Owen Compton and Maj. Shane Noyes, both from St. Joseph, Mo., work with participants arriving for the 2011 International Airdrop Symposium inside a hangar at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on July 17.

Air Force members from Chile look over a welcome packet

Air Force members from Chile look over a welcome packet

Air Force members from Chile look over a welcome packet for Rodeo 2011, July 18th, at Joint Air Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier international combat sk... More

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from McChord

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from McChord

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base taxiis during Air Mobility Command's Rodeo at McChord Air Force Base on July 18, 2011. Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and AMC's premier internati... More

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 62nd Airlift Wing at

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 62nd Airlift Wing at

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., is parked on the flightline at the base July 18. The C-17 is one of the aircraft that will be used for Air Mobility Rodeo 20... More

U.S. Air Force members assist Netherland Air Force

U.S. Air Force members assist Netherland Air Force

U.S. Air Force members assist Netherland Air Force members with inprocessing Rodeo on July 19, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier internati... More

Capt. Orlando Duran sets up a display June 19, of the

Capt. Orlando Duran sets up a display June 19, of the

Capt. Orlando Duran sets up a display June 19, of the equipment critical care air transport teams use to save people's lives at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Duran is a presenter at the International Aeromedi... More

A 192nd Airlift Squadron C-130 from the Nevada Air

A 192nd Airlift Squadron C-130 from the Nevada Air

A 192nd Airlift Squadron C-130 from the Nevada Air National Guard, drops two container delivery system bundles as part of the Airdrop Symposium held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July, 20, 2011. Rodeo is... More

Participants to the International Airdrop Symposium

Participants to the International Airdrop Symposium

Participants to the International Airdrop Symposium listen to a briefing, July 19, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. It was the first day of the three-day symposium where an international collection of n... More

A Belgium air force C-130 takes off from McChord Field,

A Belgium air force C-130 takes off from McChord Field,

A Belgium air force C-130 takes off from McChord Field, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on July 20, 2011, as part of preparations for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011. Rodeo, sponsored by the Air Mobility Command, is t... More

Mobility commander highlights AE history, importance at conference kick-off

Mobility commander highlights AE history, importance at conference kic...

Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr. addresses hundreds of medical professionals at the first-ever, U.S.-led international in-flight medical care conference July 20, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Johns, the com... More

Air Force surgeon general lays out future of aeromedical evacuation

Air Force surgeon general lays out future of aeromedical evacuation

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles Green, the Air Force surgeon general, address hundreds of medical professionals at the first-ever, U.S.-led international in-flight medical care conference July 21, at Joint Base Lewis-Mc... More

Kurt Tinley, drop zone controller, measures wind speed

Kurt Tinley, drop zone controller, measures wind speed

Kurt Tinley, drop zone controller, measures wind speed with a Kestrel anemometer prior to a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, Missouri Air National Guard, airdrop of two low cost low altitude aerial delivery syste... More

Jay Boison, parachute rigger and fabricator at the

Jay Boison, parachute rigger and fabricator at the

Jay Boison, parachute rigger and fabricator at the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron aerial delivery facility, prepares a parachute for an airdrop bundle during operations at the facility July 21, 2011, at Joint Base L... More

International Airdrop Symposium closes, but many participants stayed on for Rodeo 2011

International Airdrop Symposium closes, but many participants stayed o...

International observers watch parachute riggers pack a parachute at the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron aerial delivery facility July 21, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Participants in the 2011 Internationa... More

‘Precision’ airdrop systems are growing for future ops

‘Precision’ airdrop systems are growing for future ops

A Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System airdrop bundle is shown in the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron aerial delivery facility July 21, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Eight people operate the facility and... More

Blitz, a military police dog and his handler Sgt. Eric

Blitz, a military police dog and his handler Sgt. Eric

Blitz, a military police dog and his handler Sgt. Eric Harter, 51st Military Police Detachment, prepare for training in patrol work, which includes chasing, apprehending and guarding a suspect at Joint Base Lew... More

Nouschka, a specialized search dog with the 51st Military

Nouschka, a specialized search dog with the 51st Military

Nouschka, a specialized search dog with the 51st Military Police Detachment searches for explosives in a mole hill while training with her partner, Sgt. Davis Varkett, 51st MP Detachment at Joint Base Lewis-McC... More

U.S. airmen with various U.S. Air Force bases gather

U.S. airmen with various U.S. Air Force bases gather

U.S. airmen with various U.S. Air Force bases gather for in-processing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., as part of Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, July 23. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobilit... More

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft taxis on the airfield at Joint

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft taxis on the airfield at Joint

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft taxis on the airfield at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., during Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, July 23. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command’s premier internation... More

A C-17 Globemaster III lands at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,

A C-17 Globemaster III lands at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,

A C-17 Globemaster III lands at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 23, in participation for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011. Rodeo 2011 is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command’s premier international combat... More

Johanna Olvera, wife of Staff Sgt. Manuel Olvera,

Johanna Olvera, wife of Staff Sgt. Manuel Olvera,

Johanna Olvera, wife of Staff Sgt. Manuel Olvera, intelligence analyst, 45th Military Intelligence Company, navigates a hurdle during the obstacle course portion of the Family Spur Ride sponsored by 2nd Squadro... More

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft lands at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft lands at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft lands at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 23, in participation for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command’s premier international... More

Col. Paul Kucharer, commander of the 43rd Airlift Group

Col. Paul Kucharer, commander of the 43rd Airlift Group

Col. Paul Kucharer, commander of the 43rd Airlift Group from Joint Base Bragg-Pope, briefs his unit members on Air Mobility Rodeo competition upon arrival at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 23. Rodeo is t... More

A staff member with Lewis-McChord Communities, the

A staff member with Lewis-McChord Communities, the

A staff member with Lewis-McChord Communities, the overseer of all housing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, serves a hot dog to the spouse of a JBLM service member July 23 during an annual barbecue hosted by the ho... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Bruce Bowers, Commander, 446th

U.S. Air Force Col. Bruce Bowers, Commander, 446th

U.S. Air Force Col. Bruce Bowers, Commander, 446th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., greets newly-arrived competitors from the 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, to Air Mobi... More

U.S. airmen and international competitors start their

U.S. airmen and international competitors start their

U.S. airmen and international competitors start their run at the Fit to Fight competition for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 24. Fit to Fght consists of three elements: push-ups,... More

Rodeo "cowgirls" carried the American flag and those

Rodeo "cowgirls" carried the American flag and those

Rodeo "cowgirls" carried the American flag and those of international competitors for the Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 opening ceremonies July 24, 2011, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Rodeo 2011, sponsored by th... More

Special tactics parachutists descend toward the Earth

Special tactics parachutists descend toward the Earth

Special tactics parachutists descend toward the Earth with the American flag during the opening ceremonies for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 24, 2011. Rodeo 2011, sponsored by... More

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