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Joint Base Lewis-McChord (or JBLM to the locals) is a joint Army and Air Force Base that boasts being the fourth largest in the world, with more than 200,000 folks living and working on it. It has three main areas: Lewis Main, Lewis North, and McChord Airbase, and also the Yakima Training Center in Eastern Washington. This PWTM will focus on the Army side of the installation.
Time for some tough talk! The year has started, but have you? Maybe you made some resolutions but never put them to paper let alone execution. It’s time to be real with yourself and ask the question, do you care about health and fitness? If you don’t, you can stop here. If you do, continue to read.
An overriding obstacle for many people is not having the confidence in themselves to succeed. You don’t need to be judged by anyone, and you don’t need their approval. Your choice for your fitness program is personal and what makes you feel good and happy.
Years ago, I went to an aerobics class and lasted one session because I felt so embarrassed that I couldn’t keep up. When everyone was up, I was down, and I couldn’t didn’t catch on. So, I did what many of us do and returned to my comfort zone.
ere are the top stories for March 9, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
* Some TRICARE Beneficiaries Moving to Civilian Doctors
* MOREs Give Extra Calories During High Intensity Training Days
* Peak PCS Season Is Coming: Get Ready!
* AAFES Ships 200,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies
Most people around the world are being exposed to information overload on the COVID-19, also known as the Novel Coronavirus. Over the course of four days, my adopted home of northern Italy (where we are currently stationed) has gone from simply hearing about the virus (like everyone else) to being front and center of a news onslaught. Italy now has the third highest rate of outbreaks in the world and an astonishing 200 confirmed cases in those four days. This has everyone in the Veneto and the surrounding regions trying to make sense of what is happening and where to go from here.
I love spring! Seriously, when the temperature gets above 45 degrees, I have my windows open to air out the house. Can you tell we lived in Alaska? But spring also means another thing in this military gypsy life: PCSing!
It always sneaks up on us, leaving us to ask, “Wait, didn’t I just get here? It’s too soon, right? How am I going to get all my valuables onto the truck and stay within our weight limit?”
Cue the spring cleaning fairy. Oh wait, there isn’t one. When will the military start providing that service? They seriously need to get a contract with Marie Kondo.
Do you want to know a secret? I certainly want to tell it. Shout it even.
I just interviewed for my dream job!
For this moment in time, compared to all the other jobs I have held and interviewed for, that statement is true. My dream job, you guys—an interview for the history books. My personal history books, of course.
Now that the interview is over, the jig is up and I am ready to spill out so much about my dream job interview.
The first time I applied for this job, I was not selected for an interview and it was pretty crushing. Was my resume not right? Do I have the wrong degree? Maybe I submitted my application at a weird hour of the day and they didn’t like the timestamp. I guessed so many reasons why I didn’t get an interview.
Fast forward six months—six whole months!—and the same job was posted again.
I applied. Again.
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