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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleFort Carson soldiers return from Ebola deployment
FORT CARSON, Colo. — About 150 Fort Carson soldiers deployed to West Africa in November to help build treatment...
View ArticleSoldier killed in training exercise in California
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — A soldier has died during a training exercise in Southern California. The...
View ArticleNew Fisher House Breaks Ground at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Facility to Provide Lodging for Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA (PRWEB) September 25, 2014 Fisher House Foundation, which provides comfort homes for...
View ArticleMoving to Yakima Valley can cause setbacks for soldiers at training center
SELAH (Tribune News Service) — When Alesha Adams’ husband, an Army sergeant, got his orders to transfer from Fort Polk, La., to the Yakima Training Center in February, they decided to wait until they...
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...
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