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Veterans
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on December 23rd, 2011
On any given day, more than 150 homeless veterans wander along the streets and highways near Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Some stand on the off-ramps outside the bases' gates, holding signs asking for money.
A common scene for commuters passing through the Madigan Healthcare System Gate is a homeless veteran who
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Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on December 16th, 2011
Myah will always have a special place in Shirley Schmunk's heart.Myah is a dog named after her son, Spc. Jeremiah Schmunk, who died in Iraq in 2004.Shirley remembers Jeremiah's vocal nature, which coincidentally Myah shares.She keeps her son alive through pictures and talking with other family members, but Myah will
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Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on December 9th, 2011
Captain Gregory McCrum has quite a Christmas surprise for his two children: he is home seven months early.
He and 170 other Soldiers from 62nd Medical Brigade and 17th Fires Brigade stepped off a chartered plane at McChord Field Tuesday night, representing the last large troop movement of
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Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on December 2nd, 2011
Through Congressional budget battles over military spending and political wranglings over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Joint Base Lewis-McChord will continue to support the allied mission in Afghanistan, upgrade its infrastructure, drive resilience initiatives and develop staff efficiencies, Col. Thomas Brittain said Nov. 22 after
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Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on December 2nd, 2011
I Corps Soldiers are playing a vital role in securing Afghanistan and helping the Afghan people take control of their country, I Corps Commanding General and International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Commander Lt. Gen. Mike Scaparrotti told local mayors and retired military leaders at Joint
Education
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on November 23rd, 2011
It's hard to argue with Pierce College's claims to having amazing students, ones who not only get good grades and overcome adversity, but do it while serving their country.
A cancer diagnosis didn't stop Sgt. Brandon Booth from maintaining a 4.0 grade average. Being a single father
Health
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on November 4th, 2011
It is the last thing a Soldier wants to hear: medically "unfit" and can't continue to serve. The reasons are plenty - musculoskeletal issue, multiple sclerosis or battle injury.
A year ago, the process to receive disability benefits from the Army and Department of Veterans Affairs would
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Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on October 28th, 2011
Major Anne Simpson held Sgt. Mathew Horton's hand while she coaxed him out of an anesthetic sleep.
Horton whispered something in her ear, and she replied, "That's just your heart waking up, sweetie."
Meanwhile, medics and other nurses were looking at Horton's chart and evaluating the numbers on a heart
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Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on October 12th, 2011
Pet adoptions can have benefits beyond just a new friend arriving to share the house.
The Tacoma Humane Society is partnering with the Pet Brigade on Joint Base Lewis-McChord to the provide the joint base community gift certificates for adopting pets from the local animal rescue agency.
"When
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Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on August 5th, 2011
He spent four years helping to build the framework for joint basing throughout the Department of Defense. And this week, he retired from one of the joint bases he helped design.
Colonel Jerry K. (Kenny) Weldon II will leave behind a career that spanned two decades of
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Recent Blog Posts
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on August 30th, 2011
Colonel Bruce A. Bowers Jr.'s dream of becoming a pilot was on the verge of being lost. As a flight student, he was down to his last opportunity to fly his trainer aircraft without getting motion sickness. If he got sick in any way, he would wash
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on August 4th, 2011
A historic milestone in the young Joint Base Lewis-McChord's history took place Tuesday when Col. Jerry K. (Kenny) Weldon II relinquished the 627th Air Base Group colors and title of "commander" to Col. Valerie L. Hasberry at Hangar 7 on McChord Field.
It was the first change
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on July 22nd, 2011
Six Airmen and a lieutenant might have been shocked when Tech. Sgt. Rey Ornelas walked by them in the commissary or at the gym at McChord Field. They might have thought they had seen a ghost.
It was just their recruiter.
As a former recruiter for three years at
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on July 1st, 2011
Joint Base Lewis-McChord tested its ability to respond to a simulated Air Force plane crash on the McChord Field flightline Tuesday for the first time in the joint base's young history. The scenario, designed to evaluate and validate the competence of joint base's emergency management personnel,
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on June 17th, 2011
If Seattle news meteorologists forecast bad weather, the rain might ruin the afternoon by coming a few hours earlier than expected. For the Airmen of the 1st Weather Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a wrong weather update can be the difference between mission completion and failure,
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on June 17th, 2011
Ask any Joint Base Lewis-McChord combat arms Soldier to rank the people he'd like to see come to his aid when the bullets start flying, and a surprising percentage will tell you No. 1 is a battlefield Airman from the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron. These highly
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on June 9th, 2011
Some of the biggest lifesavers to the pilots flying C-17 Globemaster IIIs out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord McChord Field drive trucks nicknamed "Big Green" and spend their days discussing chemical terms like freeze and flash points of various liquids.
These aren't chemists, but Airmen-fuelers from the 627th
McChord Flightline Chatter
Lorin T. Smith/JBLM PAO on May 12th, 2011
The 8th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field of Joint Base Lewis-McChord has moved people and cargo across the world in giant C-17 Globemaster IIIs for more than 10 years now. Their pilots have flown to austere locations like Antarctica and ensured air and supply dominance in Iraq and Afghanistan.And the
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