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Go Behind the Scenes as Soldiers Train for Battle

Soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state go through simulations to train for the battlefield. ......

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JBLM Soldier hits Apache Longbow with live ammo in Fort Irwin training mishap

The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is on the ground at Fort Irwin, California, looking into why a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Soldier was firing live rounds during a “blanks only” training...

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Active-duty Soldiers to join Guard in battling wildfires (The United States...

(Source: The United States Army) WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 20, 2015) -- Defense Secretary Ash Carter approved the assignment of active-duty Soldiers to assist the National Interagency Fire...

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HR team helps establish Army-wide training for HR personnel (The United...

(Source: The United States Army) JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (Nov. 23, 2015) -- The Army's readiness is measured by the ability of a unit to accomplish its assigned mission. I Corps' Human Resource...

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National Guard and 200 active-duty Soldiers mobilize to fight West Coast fires

The tinder dry summer with unprecedented heat has made the perfect storm for wildfires out West; Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, are literally burning up. Yesterday, active-duty Soldiers from Joint Base...

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Indian soldiers teaches concept of 'maximum restrain minimum force' to US

The Indian soldiers engaged with their American counterparts in the annual joint exercise have impressed the US military leadership with their high professional skills especially the concept of...

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Army identifies JBLM Soldier killed in parachute training Friday

Today the Army released the identity of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Special Forces Soldier who was killed during jump-training Friday morning. Capt. James Ahn, 29, went missing around noon Friday but...

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I Corps soldiers head to Korea for annual war games

The commander of I Corps and about 400 personnel from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., are heading to the Korean peninsula to take part in U.S.-South Korean war games that kicked off this week. “I will...

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Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II: Exercise underscores importance of Northwest bases

In August, Washington state will be home to Air Mobility Command’s first rapid global mobility exercise designed to prepare joint and allied forces to operate in dynamic threat environments. Exercise...

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U.S. Soldiers train with Canadian Counterparts

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division trained with the 1st Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group during Exercise Warfighter April 4-11, 2017, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,...

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Madigan teams up with 758th FST for patient surgeries in field Conditions

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington - Medical personnel assigned to Madigan Army Hospital teamed up with Soldiers from the 758th Forward Surgical Team May 15-19, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for an...

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Apache helicopters arrive for training in Hawaii

Four Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters arrived on island Wednesday as a training precursor to 24 of the wasp-like choppers being permanently based here in coming months. The arrival of the 16th...

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Cyber warfare capabilities change modern battlefield (The United States Army)

(Source: The United States Army) JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (Oct. 23, 2015) -- Five Soldiers camouflaged under thick vegetation crawl on their bellies through the woods, dragging weapons and heavy...

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Integration of cyberspace capabilities into tactical units (The United States...

(Source: The United States Army) FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Feb. 29, 2016) -- The Army's efforts to integrate operational cyberspace capabilities into its tactical units took another big step forward during a...

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Mobility Guardian: Bragg medics train on life-saving surgery skills

Minutes after hitting the ground in the middle of a battlefield, a tent is popped, an operating table is set up and human blood is rushed off pallets that had been dropped from 1,200 feet. “We drop a...

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Life after Combat: Training Veterans for Conservation Work at REPI Buffer...

(Source: NASDA - National Association of State Department of Agriculture) The Department of Defense (DoD)'s REPI Program is a key tool for combating encroachment that can limit or restrict military...

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With 'Yudh Abhyas,' 7th Infantry Division welcomes Indian soldiers (The...

(Source: The United States Army) WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 14, 2015) -- For the first time in its 11-year history, Exercise Yudh Abhyas came to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, or JBLM, Washington,...

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Fairchild AFB ready for Mobility Guardian

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. (AFNS) -- Fairchild Air Force Base is scheduled to participate in a regional joint-force exercise to promote total force readiness from July 31 to Aug. 11, 2017. Air...

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'Patriot' Soldiers prepare for future conflicts at YTC

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, conducted a live fire training exercise March 14-20 at Yakima Training Center,...

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Budget constraints keep JBLM soldiers training closer to home

A budget squeeze stalled hundreds of Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker soldiers from hitting the high desert near Yakima for several weeks of training last summer and delivered a fresh reminder that...

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AF Week in Photos

1 of 12 / PHOTO DETAILS Tech. Sgt. Jason Fatjo, a 14th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, embraces his family after returning from a deployment at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Aug. 8, 2017. Fatjo and his...

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U.S. Army Medical Department Board conducts medical software testing (Joint...

(Source: Joint Base San Antonio) By Eric Lobsinger | U.S. Army Medical Department Board | February 22, 2017 JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- On an installation that serves as the Army's bastion of...

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Massive rehearsal planned for Northwest mega-quake, tsunami

Staff Sergeant Andrew Waddell (top) and Master Sergeant Tyler Bates (bottom) both of the Washington Air National Guard based at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, on May 24, 2016, work to...

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Dental NCOs from Japan, Korea named DHC-P Best Warriors, prepare for regional...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Two Soldiers from Dental Health Command-Pacific (DHC-P) are at their home stations currently preparing for the Regional Health Command-Pacific's (RHC-P) Best Warrior...

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Army to realign brigades, cut 40,000 Soldiers, 17,000 civilians (The United...

(Source: The United States Army) WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 9, 2015) -- By the end of fiscal 2018, the active Army expects to have drawn down in size from 490,000 to 450,000, said Army...

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Lewis-McChord soldiers find common ground with visitors from Indian army

(Tribune News Service) — Sgt. Miguel Andrade was preparing a Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., infantry team for a morning exercise this week when a new friend from the Indian army pulled him aside to...

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7th Infantry, 10th Mountain troops wrap up Afghan deployment training

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Just days before President Barack Obama’s expected announcement to slow the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a team of soldiers was wrapping up a training...

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Investigation shows why the Army denied a soldier the Medal of Honor

The Army followed its rules while denying a Medal of Honor last year to a Green Beret soldier credited with staving off a brutal ambush in Afghanistan, according to a Defense Department Inspector...

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New era for the 81st Stryker Brigade (State of Washington)

(Source: State of Washington) Col. Bryan Grenon, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Alfonso Cadena, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team Command Sergeant Major, uncase the...

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On ’48 Hours,’ Former Soldier Murdered Wife Over Whiskey Gift From Male Visitor

Danielle Nemetz, aka Tarrah Danielle Rippeon, was an American wife who was shot dead in her home by her husband, Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier, Skylar Nemetz, two years ago. This weekend, CBS 48...

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Former soldier who supported Islamic State and envisioned JBLM attack faces...

A former soldier who disturbed his neighbors in Montesano when he repeatedly expressed support for militants in the Islamic State and reportedly told a federal agent about his desire to attack Joint...

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Former soldier who supported ISIS and envisioned JBLM attack faces gun charges

A former soldier who disturbed his neighbors in Montesano when he repeatedly expressed support for militants in the Islamic State and reportedly told a federal agent about his desire to attack Joint...

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Demand down for soldiers needing JBLM's Warrior Transition Battalion

On the back of a horse at a farm in Yelm, Mike Buccieri began letting go of the psychological wounds he carried after an Afghan insurgent’s bullet tore into his back and ripped him from the Army life...

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Transgender soldier endures ‘excruciating’ wait for Army reforms

As she came to realize her true gender as a woman, Jennifer Peace knew she needed to have two difficult conversations. The first would be with her wife, Deborah. The second would be with the Army....

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JBLM transgender soldier endures 'excruciating' wait for Army reforms

As she came to realize her true gender as a woman, Jennifer Peace knew she needed to have two difficult conversations. The first would be with her wife, Deborah. The second would be with the Army....

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Stop the bleeding: Combat Casualty Care Course a different kind of medical...

(Source: Joint Base San Antonio) 'Ninety percent of casualties that die do so before they reach medical care' Sgt. 1st Class Clark Hitchcock announced to a group of students at Camp Bullis....

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Soldiers excel in 2015 sporting events worldwide (The United States Army)

(Source: The United States Army) WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 22, 2015) -- 2015 was a great year for Army athletes. Here are just some of the highlights: ARMY TEN-MILER Pfc. Paul Chelimo, a...

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Newsbud Exclusive Report- A Distillation of DOD Spending Spree for May 2017

DOD Spent $48,984,468,000+ on 225 Individual Contracts in May 2017 The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of...

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Hundreds of pounds of depleted uranium likely buried at Fort Carson, Army says

The Cold War legacy of nuclear waste at Fort Carson was quietly exposed in a routine application by the Army for a Nuclear Regulatory Commission permit to leave uranium buried on the post. Depleted...

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ETA News Release: Airmen and soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...

(Source: Employment and Training Administration) ETA News Release: March 18, 2015 Contacts: Jason Kuruvilla Phone Number: (202) 693-6587 Email: Kuruvilla.Jason@dol.gov Release Number: 15-0464-NAT...

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Carter 'very proud' of U.S. Special Ops soldier killed in Iraq raid

WASHINGTON – The U.S. special operations soldier killed Thursday during a raid in Iraq to free hostages from their Islamic State captors was a veteran of more than one dozen deployments and earned a...

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Various Achievements of Ministry of Defence (Ministry of Defence of the...

(Source: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of India) Ensuring the highest standard of operational preparedness to meet present and emerging challenges through modernization of Armed Forces and making...

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I Corps validates new mobile command post proof-of-concept (The United States...

(Source: The United States Army) JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (Nov. 30, 2015) -- Soldiers and commanders from brigade and below echelons continue to take advantage of the Army's mobile tactical...

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Despite opposition, Army and Navy forge ahead with Northwest forest training...

When an Air Force survival school searched for a spot to teach pilots how to build fires in a rainforest, it landed on one of the wettest, darkest locations in the continental United States. “Twilight”...

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Conventional, special forces team up during 'Joint Forcible Entry' exercise...

(Source: The United States Army) FORT IRWIN, Calif. (Army News Service, Aug. 10, 2015) -- Rounds from an M1A1 main battle tank followed by rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System...

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War-games from the inside-out: Army journalists go behind the scenes in...

(Source: Texas Military Department) War-games from the inside-out: Army journalists go behind the scenes in multinational training operations Story by: Sgt. Michael Giles Posted: June 22, 2016...

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Newsbud Exclusive Report- A Distillation DOD Spending Spree for September 2016

DOD SPENDING SPREE- SEPTEMBER 2016, PART I FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) – Through FMS, the U.S. government procures and transfers materiel to allied nations and international organizations. AM General...

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Fort Bragg medics train on life-saving surgery skills

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Minutes after hitting the ground in the middle of a battlefield, a tent is popped, an operating table is set up and human blood is rushed off pallets that had been dropped from...

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