Soldier killed in training exercise in California
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — A soldier has died during a training exercise in Southern California. The...
View ArticleYakima Training Center incident leaves 1 Soldier dead
Yesterday, March 6, a tragic event unfolded at the Army’s Yakima Training Center that left one Soldier dead. The unnamed Soldier died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to Jack Hawkins,...
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 ArticleETA News Release: Airmen and soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...
(Source: Employment and Training Administration) ETA News Release: March 18, 2015 Contacts: Jason Kuruvilla Phone Number: (202) 693-6587 Email: Kuruvilla.Jason@dol.gov Release Number: 15-0464-NAT...
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 ArticleETA News Release: Airmen and soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...
(Source: US Department of Labor) ETA News Brief: [03/18/2015] Contact Name: Jason Kuruvilla Phone Number: (202) 693-6587 Email: Kuruvilla.Jason@dol.gov Release Number: 15-0464-SAN Airmen and soldiers...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 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 Article>Lewis-McChord soldiers training at Yakima center
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Army artillerymen training in the high desert of Central Washington this week can tell you they're getting ready for a nine-month deployment to the Middle East. They're just not...
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