Seahawks Visit Joint Base Lewis-McChord For Team Building

And while the players were learning, signing autographs, taking photos with eager 12s, and building those relationships, another moment was shared between two brothers. Nathan McClellan, a current Seahawks video intern and student at the University of Missouri, was at the base, working capturing video and different moments throughout the afternoon.

McClellan’s older brother Tyler is stationed at JBLM and Nathan was able to “coin’ his brother.

“Coins are a big heritage,” Tyler explained. “The lore behind it is that they were carried by foreign soldiers in World War 1 and 2 and they were used to identify common currency. They started designing their own coins for units and it grew from there. Every time you have a significant event in your career, we typically hand them out between people.”

Being presented with a coin can signify respect, membership, belonging, camaraderie, and appreciation.

“It’s super cool to be part of that tradition,” Nathan said. “In a way that I never thought I’d be able to. It’s super cool that our careers can intersect and that we can have that moment together.”