Maj. Gen. Thomas James Jr. relinquished command of the 7th Infantry Division and Task Force Bayonet to Maj. Gen. Willard Burleson during a ceremony on Watkins Field Aug. 11.

During Mobility Guardian, refueling aircraft offloaded roughly 1.2 million pounds of fuel; aerial port service members processed 3,676 passengers and 4,911 tons of equipment; and crews airdropped 356 paratroopers, 33 heavy platforms and nearly 300 container delivery system bundles.

The Soldiers, who work at the Raptor’s Nest Dining Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, have been recognized by the judges as the best on the installation and are now competing against the best DFAC from Fort Huachuca, Ariz. If the Raptor’s Nest Soldiers win this round, they will move on to compete against the final four Army DFACs in the continental United States.

A wildlife adventure is a short drive away from JBLM, at Northwest Trek in Eatonville, Wash.

The 2017 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Pacific Pathways Triathlon is scheduled to take place Aug. 19 at 7:30 a.m. at Shoreline Park on Lewis North. Late registration period is open until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, with the only remaining registration option being the day before, Aug. 18, at Shoreline Park.

Nearly three dozen Joint Base Lewis-McChord youngsters got to perform with the Missoula Children’s Theatre in a one-week camp that concluded Friday night with a song and dance extravaganza performance of a musical adaptation of “Treasure Island” at Child and Youth Services’ Gymnasium on Lewis Main.

The following is a snapshot look into some upcoming employment fairs and networking opportunities:

The following is a snapshot look into some upcoming employment fairs and networking opportunities:

The following is a snapshot look into some upcoming employment fairs and networking opportunities:

The idea for this collaboration was largely credited to its namesake, Maj. Gen. William Gourley, a 36-year Army veteran. After retirement in 1989, Gourley chose to settle in Monterey near his old posting of Fort Ord. His passion for serving Soldiers led him to take a strong role in the restructuring of the fort after it was closed in 1994 and begin an intense campaign to convince the VA to open a clinic there.

The region adopted a 2-mile long portion of DuPont-Steilacoom Road, just outside the gates of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in 2016.

Tobacco products labeled as light, hand-rolled, natural, herbal, clove, flavored, menthol, cigars or cigarillos, nor the byproducts of hookah smoke or e-cigarette vapor have been proven to be safer, according to McRae.

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