Joint Base Lewis–McChord
Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) is a U.S. military installation home to I Corps and 62nd Airlift Wing located 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Headquarters, Joint Base Lewis–McChord. The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Army's Fort Lewis and the United States Air Force's McChord Air Force Base which merged on 1 February 2010 into a Joint Base as a result of Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations of 2005.
| Joint Base Lewis–McChord | |||||||||
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| Near Lakewood, Washington in the United States of America | |||||||||
A C-17A Globemaster III of the 62nd Airlift Wing loading army personnel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, with Mount Rainier in the background. | |||||||||
JB Lewis-McChord Location in the United States | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°06′21″N 122°33′52″W (Army Base) 47°08′51″N 122°28′46″W (Air Base) | ||||||||
| Type | US military Joint Base | ||||||||
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| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | United States Army | ||||||||
| Controlled by | US Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | home | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1917 (as Fort Lewis) and 1927 (as Tacoma Field) | ||||||||
| In use | 2010 (as Joint Base) | ||||||||
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| Current commander | Colonel Phil Lamb (US Army) | ||||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: TCM, ICAO: KTCM, FAA LID: TCM | ||||||||
| Elevation | 98.1 metres (322 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Other Facilities | See Gray Army Airfield for its airfield data. | ||||||||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||
Joint Base Lewis–McChord is a training and mobilization center for all services and is the only Army power projection base west of the Rocky Mountains in the Continental United States. Its geographic location provides rapid access to the deepwater ports of Tacoma, Olympia, and Seattle for deploying equipment. Units can be deployed from McChord Field, and individuals and small groups can also use nearby Sea-Tac Airport. The strategic location of the base provides Air Force units with the ability to conduct combat and humanitarian airlift with the C-17 Globemaster III.