Joint Base Lewis-McChord Military Personnel Division

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If an issue cannot be resolved at the unit level, contact the Inspector General's office for your service component: http://www.lewis-mcchord.army.mil/ig/See More General JBLM Information Located in the heart of the Pacific Northwest's Puget Sound region, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is the Defense Department's premiere military installation on the West Coast. JBLM was formally established as one of 12 joint bases worldwide on Oct. 1, 2010. The merger of the former Fort Lewis (est. 1917) and McChord Air Force Base (est. 1947) was directed by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The Army and Air Force mission units on the joint base train and deploy under the command of their respective services; however, with the establishment of JBLM, all installation support functions are provided by the Army-led Joint Base Headquarters to all the services on the base - Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines. The principal Army units on JBLM are I Corps; 1st Joint Mobilization Bde; 2nd Stryker Bde, 3rd Stryker Bde, & 4th Stryker Bde, all 2nd Infantry Division; 8th ROTC Bde; 17th Fires Bde; 42nd Military Police Bde; 62nd Medical Bde; 191st Infantry Bde; 201st Battlefield Surveillance Bde; 593rd Sustainment Bde; 555th Engineer Bde; 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment; 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne); 4th Battalion, 160th Special Ops Aviation Regiment; 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment; Western Regional Medical Command; Madigan Healthcare System; and the Warrior Transition Battalion. The principal Air Force units on JBLM are 62nd Airlift Wing; 446th Airlift Wing (USAF Reserve); 1st Air Support Operations Group; 22nd Special Tactics Squadron; 262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron; 1st Weather Squadron; and Western Air Defense Sector (WA National Guard).

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