After months of intense training, Sgt. Joshua Andrew came away from the Department of Defense’s Fourth Annual Warrior Games in May with a gold medal for shot put and a silver medal for discus.

TUKWILA — The Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer have played against some of the world’s best — from European powerhouses Manchester United and Chelsea, to league rivals Los Angeles Galaxy and FC Dallas.

Joint Base Lewis-McChord is one of 25 installations participating in the “Feet First into Safety” program during the month of June.

ATV riding Capitol Forest

To regular visitors of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Cowan Stadium and Watkins Field are routinely overlooked as nothing special. But to Dan Wartelle, for one weekend every year, the venues transform the area into an authentic Olympic village.

As Claire Dieterich prepared to run the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley, Calif., last year, she was contacted by Maj. Mike Erwin.

Serevi Youth Rugby Camp returns to Joint Base Lewis-McChord this summer.

Kayak the Nisqually

The 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron of McChord Field defeated Bravo Company 2nd Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 2-1 in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Intramural Soccer Championship at Cowan Stadium May 22.

Runners took meaningful steps this Memorial Day across all 50 states and in 10 countries.

Many open water swimmers have the goal to swim across the English Channel.

More than 300 golfers representing all branches of the armed forces participated in the 2013 USO Northwest Red, White and Blue Golf Classic May 21 at Newcastle, including Master Sgt. Nathan Pigza of the 4th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Ape Cave adventure

Interservice rivalries might be one-sided, but they’re always hard fought.

Patrons will be pleasantly surprised when Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Shoreline Park opens for the season this weekend.

Otis Sistrunk began his civil service career as stadium manager at Joint Base Lewis-McChord more than two decades ago.

Raft the Wenatchee

While most moms took it easy Mother’s Day weekend, the women of Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Bettie Brigade roller derby team threw elbows and cracked whips on the track Saturday night at Army Family Covenant Arena.

Dennis Lewis grew up near sandy beaches in San Diego, Calif., but the Joint Base Lewis-McChord staff sergeant didn’t play volleyball on the beach. In fact, he played just about every sport except volleyball.

Black Friday happens twice at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

“It was really just a culmination of exhaustion and accomplishment more than anything, just to know, after all that hard work, it was finally over,” Spc. Auzdon A. Anothen said about how he initially felt when he finished the Boston Marathon April 15.

Bungee jumping

Andrea Dornelas understands people are busy. That’s why the JBLM Army spouse created a fitness regimen to fit around anyone’s schedule.

While racquetball began in 1968 with the first ever tournament in Milwaukee, Wis., the popularity of the sport at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has grown in recent years.

Family, then rugby. Those were Ahki Savea’s top priorities coming back from Afghanistan.

Those with a need for speed and a taste for the extreme can quench their thirst for both this Armed Forces Month, as a local nonprofit organization, North SeaTac BMX, opens its track free to troops and their families.

Tour historic waterfalls

Ashley Urick is not used to Soldiers running past her during a physical training test.

While some children watched cartoons Saturday morning, about 400 military family members, ages 5 to 16, ran in the fifth annual Armed Forces Kids Run at Joint Base Lewis McChord’s Cowan Stadium.