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>>> Thursday, Nov. 29 DICK DALE, GIRL TROUBLE, THE DIGNITARIES Legendary rockers Dick Dale and Girl Trouble have shared a stage in Tacoma many times, the last being over a year ago. These influential musicians have 50 year and 30 year careers, respectively. They have stood the test of time,
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There's something about the sound of a choir that completes the holiday season. Amidst the chaos of shopping, cooking and travel, the words of our favorite carols resound with themes of love, peace and hope, inspiring us to count our blessings. As December arrives, take an evening to give yourself
Military Life
Military life is nothing new to Cristal Francis. She was born in a military hospital in Panama, Central America, and as the daughter of an Army retiree, she joined ROTC in high school and felt she was being groomed for a life of military service. But after graduation,
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The Thanksgiving holiday traditionally includes a long weekend, a turkey or ham and a post-meal nap. And then of course there's also football. Joint Base Lewis-McChord's sister training brigades, the 189th and 191st Infantry brigades, celebrated on the eve of Thanksgiving with Turkey Bowl 2012. The
Military Life
There was a time when Sharon Morejon turned away from the opportunity to be a personal fitness trainer. The certified fitness instructor had a simple answer for those inquiring: "I don't want that responsibility." Morejon was satisfied with her "fitness instructor" title, finding work at every Army post at which her
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At 25 meters, the target - the silhouette of the upper part of the human body - looked very small. "It's scaled down to look as though you're looking at someone 300 meters away," Sgt. 1st Class Angelo Bumagat explained. I watched Bumagat run a safe gun line on Range 16 last
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America's Credit Union (ACU) presented a $30,000 check to three on-base charities this week that will directly impact families on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The monies were raised during ACU's 12th Annual Holiday Troop Support Golf Tournament, or Turkey Shoot, held earlier this month. "Soldiers do their jobs 24 hours a day,
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College student Linda Dawson sat in class stunned - the "new computer" that spanned the entire classroom wall was the same one her professor just declared would one-day be smaller and in homes and offices worldwide. "Not in my lifetime," she mumbled. Decades later, as the Operations Group (OG) secretary for
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Twenty-three years ago, a PBY Catalina OA-10 arrived at McChord Field. "The idea was for a Catalina to fly here," explained Raymond Jordan, the administrative curator of the McChord Field Heritage Center. "Instead, it came through the front gate in pieces by truck." So begins a remarkable tale of restoration. In December of 1987,