JBLM Retiree Appreciation Day - Click HERE to see the Retiree Appreciation Day infromation and reservation package

Base Decals - Base Vehicle Decals are required by all Military Retirees, Air Force active duty, Reserve personnel, and civil servant personnel as well as all dependants. You can obtain vehicle decals at a number of locations. On JBLM-McChord Field, people can stop by the Visitor Control Center adjacent to the JBLM-McChord Field Main Gate, the Pass and Registration office in the Customer Service Mall in Building 100, or speak with their unit's vehicle decal monitor. People can also obtain vehicle decals from JBLM Lewis Main, at either Waller Hall or the Main Visitor Control center adjacent to the Liberty Gate. The following documents are required in order to be issued a vehicle decal: current military ID, current driver's license, current vehicle registration, current proof of insurance, and a current Washington State Emission Control Testing Certificate (for vehicles between five and 25 years old) regardless of location or state of registration. The only exceptions to the emission certificate are vehicles registered within a Washington state emission control area that mandates emission testing as a requirement for Washington state vehicle registration (which is determined by one's zip code), military retirees who don't work or reside on JBLM, hybrid vehicles with an EPA city fuel economy rating of at least 50 MPG, and motorcycles or mopeds. The decals assigned will likely be labeled McChord Air Force Base until those supplies are exhausted after which JBLM decals will be handed out. Base officials are reminding people that vehicle registration decals are accountable items and must be returned to security forces when replacing the windshield, selling the vehicle, leaving military service, or when the owner's affiliation with the military is terminated. The decal must be permanently attached to the exterior of the windshield located either at the top center or driver's side of the windshield and must be readily visible without obstructing the driver's view. For more information about the policy, please call Pass and Registration at (253) 982-1995.

Customer Service Bldg 100, Room 1001 – The hours of Customer Service are 0900 to 1630 hours Monday – Friday.  It is still best to call ahead to make sure there hasn’t been an unannounced closure.  Call 253-982-2544 Source RAO10/3/06

From the VA – If you wish to make a change to where your VA check goes, change of address, or any other change, you need to get that information to the VA by the 10^th of the month BEFORE the month you wish the change to be effective.  Source Seattle VA

You can now request a copy of your military record online at http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html . Read the instructions, click on “Request Military Record,” then simply follow the prompts.  The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) believes the new process will minimize delays caused by incomplete applications, and will allow the center to provide better service by eliminating the NPRC mailrooms processing time.  Veterans will still be able to handle the process by mail by writing to the “National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Avenue, ST. Louis, Missouri 63132-5100,” providing specific information needed, the member’s service number or Social Security Number, dates of service, etc.  Or you may complete and mail in an SF Form 180 which you can get by requesting it from NPRC or through your local VA Office.  Or you can get a SF Form 180 through the NRPC’s “Fax on Demand program by calling (301) 837-09990 from a fax machine, using the handset.  Follow the voice instructions, and request document number 2255.  There is no charge for the FAX on Demand program except for any long distance telephone charges you may incur.  All in all, if you have internet capability, the on-line record request process should be the quickest, most efficient way to go.  SOURCE: September 2006 Sergeants Magazine