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Led by their commander, Col. Ronald Krogh, the 47th Combat Support Hospital set up an 84-bed hospital in just 72 hours during a field training exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Oct. 15 to 19. The big deal? The combat hospital was made up of enough interconnected tents
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LAKEWOOD - Between barbed wire fences and access gates, it's easy to feel secluded on military installations. Getting out and taking part in local activities helps Soldiers become members of their community. Soldiers from 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, displayed two military vehicles at
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Service members stationed overseas always appreciate a little treat from home. Thanks to a local business, troops are being treated to a taste from Washington: salmon. This is not just some salmon. In fact, it is lots of salmon. Made in Washington Stores specialize in all things Washington State. Gourmet foods, wines,
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When military members join forces with the American Lung Association, good things will happen. This past weekend, the ALA hosted its second annual "Fight for Air Climb" at the Two Union Square Tower in downtown Seattle. In the middle of the 51-story climb were five airmen from the 5th Air Support Operations
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Standing in a hanger at NAS Whidbey gazing up at a massive EA-6B Prowler - the base's new flagship aircraft - a Washington High School JROTC student described it as looking "very expensive." Such was the awe and amazement of thirty-some Jr. Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from the high school
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It was a scramble. And not the golf kind, although it did result in a McChord Reservist tying for second place in the Conseil International du Sport Militaire World Military Golf Championship, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 13-19. Tech. Sgt. Stephen Rude, 446th Maintenance Squadron, made a last minute decision
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - Air Mobility Command enlisted men and women will present Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., AMC commander, the prestigious Order of the Sword in a formal ceremony here, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Scott Club. More than 300 Airmen from across the command
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Former Soldier Nikki Stinnette has always relied on music to get her through tough times. When her baby died from heart complications, she listened to music; when her husband, Staff Sgt. William Stinnette of the 62nd Airlift Wing deployed and she was lonely, she listened to music; when she faced
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The tenets of taekwondo are pretty similar to the Air Force's core values: courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self control and indomitable spirit. One McChord Reservist's daughter followed all of those tenets to become the world's youngest taekwondo black belt, and it all started because of a deployment. According to Department of Defense demographics,
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What a time to begin the Weekly Volcano’s new hip-hop column Live From I-5: The 25360. The Hip-Hop nation is in a state of confusion and amnesia. The state government has just passed an anti-gang bill that casts an incriminating umbrella upon a multitude of people — some likely NOT
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What a time to begin the Weekly Volcano’s new hip-hop column Live From I-5: The 25360. The Hip-Hop nation is in a state of confusion and amnesia. The state government has just passed an anti-gang bill that casts an incriminating umbrella upon a multitude of people — some likely NOT
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After watching three professional plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, my wife and I traveled six hours to catch the opening night of Night Must Fall at Olympia Little Theatre. As she drove, we dialed our expectations down. Community theater, including OLT, can and should be inconsistent
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The exhibition Andy Warhol's Flowers for Tacoma at Tacoma Art Museum is a major event for Tacoma any way you look at it. We didn't get to see Andy Warhol turn the Tacoma Dome into a giant flower 30 years ago when he originally proposed it, but now
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Under clear blue skies, the 2nd Battalion (2RB), 75th Ranger Regiment's new memorial - a signature scroll and orange 2-diamond (tiled) inlay against the craved outline of the symbolic Fairburn Sykes fighting dagger - it shone brightly as the grand granite obelisk bearing the names of its fallen stood erect
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Every second Monday of the month Tacoma's Graphic Novel Book Club meets at the famed watering hole 1022 South to delve into another, well, graphic novel. Hence the name. Organized by King's Books, November's offering is A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio, which,
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The 62nd Airlift Wing and 627th Air Base Group were deemed "mission ready" during an Operational Readiness Inspection outbrief Nov. 5 at the McChord Field base theater. The ORI, which took place Oct. 13 to 20 at the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., tested
