Army 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 Article7th Infantry, 10th Mountain troops wrap up Afghan deployment training
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Just days before President Barack Obama’s expected announcement to slow the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a team of soldiers was wrapping up a training...
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 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 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...
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 ArticleHundreds of pounds of depleted uranium likely buried at Fort Carson, Army says
The Cold War legacy of nuclear waste at Fort Carson was quietly exposed in a routine application by the Army for a Nuclear Regulatory Commission permit to leave uranium buried on the post. Depleted...
View ArticleMilitary base among last habitat for butterflies
Share PhotoReddit✉ In this photo taken May 7, 2014, a Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly rests on a leaf on a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. The Army has...
View ArticleCyber warfare capabilities change modern battlefield (The United States Army)
(Source: The United States Army) JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (Oct. 23, 2015) -- Five Soldiers camouflaged under thick vegetation crawl on their bellies through the woods, dragging weapons and heavy...
View ArticleCarter 'very proud' of U.S. Special Ops soldier killed in Iraq raid
WASHINGTON – The U.S. special operations soldier killed Thursday during a raid in Iraq to free hostages from their Islamic State captors was a veteran of more than one dozen deployments and earned a...
View ArticleI Corps validates new mobile command post proof-of-concept (The United States...
(Source: The United States Army) JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (Nov. 30, 2015) -- Soldiers and commanders from brigade and below echelons continue to take advantage of the Army's mobile tactical...
View ArticleVarious Achievements of Ministry of Defence (Ministry of Defence of the...
(Source: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of India) Ensuring the highest standard of operational preparedness to meet present and emerging challenges through modernization of Armed Forces and making...
View ArticleDespite opposition, Army and Navy forge ahead with Northwest forest training...
When an Air Force survival school searched for a spot to teach pilots how to build fires in a rainforest, it landed on one of the wettest, darkest locations in the continental United States. “Twilight”...
View ArticleConventional, special forces team up during 'Joint Forcible Entry' exercise...
(Source: The United States Army) FORT IRWIN, Calif. (Army News Service, Aug. 10, 2015) -- Rounds from an M1A1 main battle tank followed by rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System...
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