Paying to have ranks and name tapes sewn onto your clothing? Haven’t you heard? Your fellow service members have you covered; sewing services will soon include all Soldiers and Airmen of all ranks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Managers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Armed Forces Community Service hope to discover how different parts of the installation’s community are using the programs they offer by asking customers this month for their feedback.

The latest Joint Base Lewis-McChord Net Zero competition results are in, and there’s a big new name at the top of the leaderboard.

TUSCON, Ariz. — It was an all-American shootout for the gold and silver medals for Men’s Double Trap during the 2014 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup April 13 at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club.

Children’s fishing derby on McChord

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — In one moment Senior Airman Sean Halsted felt the rope in his hands, and in the next, it was gone. That millisecond was all it took to leave the young Airman with a debilitating injury that would cause him to reassess his entire future. This accident would not only test his resiliency, but it would also test the resiliency of his brothers — brothers in blood and in service.

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Have you set goals for your future? Goals can be short or long-term, personal, professional, spiritual or physical, and are usually specific to a person or group. According to Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at Dominican University in California, you are 42 percent more likely to reach a goal by writing it down. In short, a goal that is not written down is just a thought.

At Madigan, patients work with their primary care teams in Patient-Centered Medical Homes as partners in care, to foster a spirit of health, wellness and trust.

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Many leaders in today’s army have graduated from the United States Military Academy. It is not uncommon then, during a time of war, for classmates to run into each other while down range. There was an uncommon occurrence, however, this past month when the 130th Engineer Brigade arrived in Afghanistan to assume responsibility of the Theater Engineer Brigade (TEB) from the 555th Engr. Bde.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Army Special Forces Soldiers have helped shape the future of Afghanistan during a critical turning point in the fight against insurgents in the Nimroz and Helmand provinces since their arrival in May 2013.