100 soldiers from Joint Base Lewis McChord headed to Iraq
SAN DIEGO — About 100 soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington will deploy to Iraq later this month, the Army announced Wednesday. The soldiers of 51st Signal Battalion...
View Article>Washington residents protest planned Army job cuts
LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — More than 500 Washington residents showed up Wednesday at a forum hosted by the Army to gather public feedback about a proposal to slash about 11,000 jobs at Joint Base...
View ArticleJBLM soldiers ready to deploy to Afghanistan for a year
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Members of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord unit that plans missions are preparing...
View ArticleNC soldier killed in training exercise in California
FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) — A soldier has died during a training exercise in Southern California. The U.S. Army reported Sunday that Pfc. Andrew...
View ArticleSoldier killed in training exercise
FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) — A soldier has died during a training exercise in Southern California. The U.S....
View Article>Soldier killed in training exercise in California
FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) — A soldier has died during a training exercise in Southern California. The...
View ArticleSoldier killed in training exercise in California
FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- A soldier has died during a training exercise in Southern California. The U.S....
View ArticleReserve medics train for land navigation (US Air Force Reserve Command)
(Source: US Air Force Reserve Command) JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Medics from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron map out their...
View ArticleSoldier who disappeared during parachute exercise found dead
SHELTON, Wash. (AP) — The Army says a soldier who vanished during a parachute training operation in...
View ArticleJ.B.L.M. Soldier arrested for child rape: Victim is 12
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Spc. Anthony Eloy Perez, 23, was arrested yesterday for the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Although he is based at the Army post near Tacoma, in Pierce County, the arrest was made...
View ArticleJoint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who died identified
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The Army has identified the soldier who died during a training run Friday at Joint...
View ArticleJBLM soldier shoots helicopter during training exercise
TACOMA, Wash. — Authorities say a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord who was participating in a large training exercise in California...
View ArticleSoldier at Joint Base Lewis-McChord dies during training run
A soldier died at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on Friday during physical training, the base reported. The...
View ArticleMissing Soldier Found Dead — He Had Suffered A ‘Tragic’ Parachute Malfunction...
A soldier, who went missing after his parachute malfunctioned in Washington, has been found dead. He was part of a training exercise when his parachute reportedly failed to deploy. A soldier, who was...
View Article>100 Colorado soldiers monitored for Ebola at Lewis-McChord
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — About 100 soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado, are doing paperwork and trying to stay busy...
View ArticleWestern wildfires: Soldiers turn into firefighters to help battle infernos
Montebello, California (CNN)You know the infernos are out of control when 25,000 firefighters aren't enough to stop them. Soldiers will join the ranks of firefighters as almost 100 raging wildfires...
View ArticleI Corps Pacific Pathways brings partner nations stateside to enhance...
(Source: The United States Army) WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 19, 2016) -- This summer, for the first time, a Pacific Pathways iteration will involve bringing nations from the Pacific region to...
View ArticleAt 94, Grandmother Stays on Duty for Soldiers and Airmen (AAFES - Army and...
(Source: AAFES - Army and Air Force Exchange Service) JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD - At 94 years old, Julia Santiago is still young at heart. And, she says, a big part of her youthful spirit is her...
View ArticleJoint exercise prepares Airmen, Soldiers for contingency ops (USAF - United...
(Source: USAF - United States Air Force) LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AFNS) -- Green Flag Little Rock 16-09 kicked off Aug. 18 with about 750 Army paratroopers jumping from several C-130J Super...
View ArticleWashington military base among last habitat for butterflies
PHUONG LE Associated Press Comments Jeffrey Foster, an ecologist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., drives past a sign noting the presence of the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly at an undeveloped...
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