Joint Base Lewis-McChord (Wash.)

LC control no.	no2010080656
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Joint Base Lewis-McChord (Wash.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Washington (State)--Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Variant(s)	JBLM (Wash.) United States. Joint Base Lewis-McChord United States. Army. Joint Base Lewis-McChord United States. Air Force. Joint Base Lewis-McChord
See also	Fort Lewis (Wash.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities McChord Air Force Base (Wash.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Biography/History note	Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a joint military base of the United States Army and Air Force located in Pierce and Thurston Counties in Washington State. It was established on February 1, 2010 through the merger of two previously separate but geographically contiguous military bases: the Army's Fort Lewis and the Air Force's McChord Air Force Base.
Beginning date	2010-01 2010-02-01
Associated country	United States
Located	Washington (State)
Found in	Announcing Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 2009. U.S. Army website, March 25, 2010: Bases get new names in realignment press release (based on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's directive, Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base became Joint Base Lewis-McChord in January 2010) Joint Base Lewis-McChord MWR website, May 14, 2010: Calendar page (JBLM MWR calendar) <http://www.jblmmwr.com/cal/plans.cgi> Wikipedia, July 5, 2011 (Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is a joint military base of the United States Army and Air Force located in Pierce and Thurston Counties in Washington; est. on 1 Feb. 2010 from the merger of two previously separate but geographically contiguous military bases: the Army's Fort Lewis and the Air Force's McChord Air Force Base; JBLM; 47.114369°N 122.564587°W) GNIS, March 4, 2013 (no listing for the base, but does have listings for two airports: Gray Army Airfield (Joint Base Lewis-McChord); McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord))
Geographic area code	n-us-wa