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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on January 15th, 2021
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - When the Air Force announced its transition from the Airman Battle Uniform to the Operational Camouflage Pattern two years ago, Senior Airman Louis Shackelford pondered what to do with his ABU accessories. Shackelford, an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron who also works at the
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on November 13th, 2020
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Twenty Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the 446th Airlift Wing here attended the inaugural Women's Council virtual meeting held Nov. 8. The goal of the council is to provide a community of support and a forum to discuss women's issues at the 446th AW and across the
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on March 12th, 2020
A Reserve education and training technician assigned to the 446th Force Support Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) has earned the 2020 3F2 Reserve Component Noncommissioned Officer of the Year award. Staff Sgt. Crystal Y. Lothrop was recognized by senior leadership on JBLM March 6. "Taking the time to recognize our airmen
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on March 12th, 2020
(Photo: Lt. Col. Hanna Y. Yang, 446th Airlift Wing staff judge advocate, right, reviews a legal file with Maj. Drew Nishiyama, 446th Airlift Wing judge advocate, at the Wing headquarters building on Joint Base Lewis-McChord March 7. Yang credits her spiritual fitness for helping her through trials encountered during her
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on March 5th, 2020
(Photo: Capt. Kristin Broullire, a C-130 Hercules pilot from the 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, poses for a photo with her brother, David Espiau, during a Yellow Ribbon event in Denver Feb. 23. Military members are encouraged to bring a spouse, mother, father, sibling or a friend
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on February 20th, 2020
Master Sgt. Kathleen Myhre eases out of her office chair and kneels on the blue-speckled office carpet. With her feet shoulder-width apart, she drops her head backward and leans back effortlessly. Her limber arms stretch to grab the rubber soles of her combat boot. She contorts her body into a
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on April 11th, 2019
For more than a year, Rainier Wing airmen have been taking care of their medical needs in different facilities around McChord while the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron building was being renovated. The experience meant a less private and intimate session with providers, and often times customers had many stops. To showcase
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on March 21st, 2019
Innovation, creativity and caring for Reserve citizen airmen and their families are just some of the words to describe initiatives of the 446th Airlift Wing Airman and Family Readiness (A&FR) office. The A&FR team was recently notified it was selected as the 2018 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award winners.
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on January 10th, 2019
After learning a colleague's son was battling leukemia and needed a lifesaving bone marrow transplant, one 446th Airlift Wing servicemember sprang into action. Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Helpenstell, 446th Airlift Wing Security Forces Logistics Superintendent and King County corrections officer, researched how she could donate her bone marrow and came across
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Staff Sgt. Mary Andom, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs on December 21st, 2018
Five years ago, Chief Master Sgt. Mark E. Cherrix sat in an early morning commander's call when the emcee played the National Anthem from a CD. "I'm watching and there is no one really motivated," said Cherrix, assigned to the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. "I thought to myself, there are a
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