Col. Rebecca Sonkiss, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, comes to the Pacific Northwest from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, where she served as the vice commander overseeing close air support, air mobility, combat search and rescue, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, air control and communications and electronic attack operations in support of U.S., coalition and partner forces in Afghanistan.
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Col. Rebecca Sonkiss, right, 62nd Airlift Wing commander, accepts the wing’s guidon from Lt. Gen. Giovanni Tuck, 18th Air Force commander, during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord July 14.
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Nearly 800 runners and walkers participated in the first Joint Base Lewis-McChord Run Forrest Run 5K outside the Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s Festival Tent July 15 on Lewis Main. Coordinators started planning a month ago in conjunction with Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band’s performance nearby at Memorial Stadium.
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JBLM Child and Youth Services
Published: 03:23PM July 20th, 2017
Sumner High School’s boys’ basketball team hosted a special youth basketball clinic for more than 100 Joint Base Lewis-McChord children July 14 at the JBLM Child and Youth Services gymnasium on Lewis Main.
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364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command
Published: 03:21PM July 20th, 2017
Some interesting metrics came out of the Warrior Fit Camp at Dublin, Calif., June 17 to 30. The 364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, in Marysville, Wash., conducted the camp for 22 of its Army Reserve Soldiers.
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Published: 04:05PM July 20th, 2017
When practiced regularly, mindfulness can help a person regain their focus and clarity in order to have a more productive work day. For that reason, and others, many organizations have begun to implement mindfulness and meditation programs to enhance their workforces’ productivity levels.
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As I look back on my tenure at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, it is obvious how special these Team McChord partnerships have become and how vital they are for our continued success.
Published: 02:41PM July 6th, 2017
In the early years of our nation, men and women armed themselves with muskets and canister shot to win a society free from tyranny. Today we use smart weapons, stealth aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, broadband satellite communications and many other tools to accomplish this same goal.
