JBLM soldier shoots helicopter during training exercise
TACOMA – Authorities said a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord who was participating in a large training exercise in...
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 in quarantine
COLORADO SPRINGS — More than 100 Fort Carson soldiers are taking online classes while they wait out a three-week quarantine that welcomed them back from Liberia, where they spent seven weeks helping...
View ArticleJBLM soldier shootings helicopter during training excercise
Authorities say a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord who was participating in a large training exercise in California shot an Army Apache helicopter with live rounds. ......
View ArticleIntegration 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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleOperating Engineers Local 612 shuts down JBLM project in Washington State
The 555th Engineer Brigade from Joint Base Lewis McChord was forced to stop a training project in Olympia, Washington, due to a dispute by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 612....
View ArticleSoldier from Washington base killed in Afghanistan
A special forces sergeant from Joint Base Lewis McChord was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Matthew V....
View ArticleArmy soldier says he stabbed 2nd soldier in self-defense
JOINT BASE-LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — A Joint Base Lewis-McChord infantryman accused of fatally stabbing another soldier in the chest in...
View Article>AP PHOTOS: Military unit trains for aeromedical evacuations
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Whenever and wherever wounded members of the military need a medical evacuation, they could find themselves flying...
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...
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 ArticleLife 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...
View ArticleWith '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,...
View Article'Nobody was that crazy': Documents show soldiers called Robert Bales...
Months before he committed an inexplicable massacre, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales showed a split personality to his fellow soldiers at a small outpost in Southern Afghanistan. As far as soldiers who...
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