Fort Carson soldiers return from Ebola deployment
About 150 Fort Carson soldiers deployed to West Africa in November to help build treatment facilities to house Ebola...
View ArticleMilitary court hears accused soldier’s case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A 24-year-old Washington-based soldier accused of fatally stabbing a fellow soldier after a verbal...
View ArticleLewis-McChord soldier killed in California training accident
TACOMA, Wash. — A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier was killed Saturday in an accident at the Army’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. The Army on Sunday declined to say how...
View Article100 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 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...
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