Joint 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 ArticleParatroopers Train to Fight ISIS, Even As U.S. Pledges 'No Boots On The Ground'
FORT POLK, La. -- Moments after landing in the blackness of a warm night and securing his parachute, Col. Joseph A. Ryan huddled on the drop zone with several of his officers. Radio messages crackled...
View ArticleApache 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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleMassive 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...
View ArticleBudget 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...
View ArticleArmy 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...
View ArticleLewis-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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleOn ’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...
View ArticleInvestigation 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...
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleDemand 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...
View ArticleTransgender 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....
View ArticleJBLM 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....
View ArticleStop 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....
View ArticleSoldiers 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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