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As smoke rises from the firing line like an angry fog and the crack of gunfire interrupts the morning quiet, Sgt. 1st Class Howard Lovin, a career Soldier and the NCOIC of the Marksmanship Training Academy at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, compares weapon marksmanship to playing a
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Medical professionals call it the "golden hour," that valuable time after a serious injury when how fast the treatment is received could be the decider between life and death. Because of a small team of surgeons, this vital and short time frame can be maximized to shift
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YAKIMA Training Center, Wash. - The swirling blades of a flying CH-47 Chinook helicopter registered 120 decibels. That's enough to cause permanent hearing damage in four minutes. It can be especially loud if you're standing directly underneath one while it's roaring overhead, even with hearing protection.
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Editor's note: Lt. Col. Jimmy Fuller, mentioned below, is also a JBLM Airman, a member of 62nd Operations Support Squadron deployed with 817th EAS. TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan - "Get seated as fast as possible, we have to fill this jet all the way up," said
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Will Silva reached the top of his tennis game while growing up in Texas. He dedicated hours of training at an academy and played his way into the state tournament in high school. But it's been nearly a decade since the Joint Base Lewis-McChord fire prevention officer picked
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TORONTO — First the long windup. Then the fast pitch. The Toronto Film Festival, always front-loaded, exploded over the weekend with movies day and night, all over town, every audience movie-savvy, every theater selling bran muffins right next to the popcorn, thousands of volunteers in their blue T-shirts like a
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TORONTO — First the long windup. Then the fast pitch. The Toronto Film Festival, always front-loaded, exploded over the weekend with movies day and night, all over town, every audience movie-savvy, every theater selling bran muffins right next to the popcorn, thousands of volunteers in their blue T-shirts like a
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TORONTO — In Denver and St. Paul, the streets are filled with demonstrators against the political conventions. Here in Toronto, there were demonstrators outside at opening night of the Toronto Film Festival. What were they demonstrating against? Cuts in government spending for the arts. O, Canada! The festival is the
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TORONTO — In Denver and St. Paul, the streets are filled with demonstrators against the political conventions. Here in Toronto, there were demonstrators outside at opening night of the Toronto Film Festival. What were they demonstrating against? Cuts in government spending for the arts. O, Canada! The festival is the
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Aprill Bright wastes no time familiarizing herself with new surroundings. The Army Chaplain with the 98th Combat Stress Control arrived at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in July and quickly went to work asking questions about the needs of the military and surrounding civilian community. "As soon as my feet
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When a friend of Chris Burkhart nominated the lifelong athlete, teacher and coach for a Mortar Board award last year, Burkhart admits she was disappointed when she wasn't contacted. But little did she know it takes nearly a year for the National College Senior Honor Society to
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Matt Driscoll and I split the emcee duties on the Weekly Volcano Rock Stage last Saturday at the Point Defiance Music Festival. I had to take the morning shift seeing as how Matt had his sperm donation appointment that morning. I know what you’re thinking, “Oh, great, just what Tacoma
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Matt Driscoll and I split the emcee duties on the Weekly Volcano Rock Stage last Saturday at the Point Defiance Music Festival. I had to take the morning shift seeing as how Matt had his sperm donation appointment that morning. I know what you’re thinking, “Oh, great, just what Tacoma
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Look at this painting. It's by Seattle artist David Noah Giles who used to be Tacoma artist David N. Goldberg. Now look again. And again. You'll notice that at first glance you see a field of random blue and orange squiggles on a white background. Then you notice something you hadn't
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The Tacoma Film Festival hosted by The Grand Cinema strives to fulfill its mission "to enrich our community by bridging the gap between ourselves and the outstanding works of independent film." And through grassroots efforts and the support of the creative community and admirers alike, organizers fulfill that mission heading
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Tacoma Musical Playhouse opens its season with the stunningly sexy Chicago. Sex, murder, lies, cheating and double crossing never looked so good. Vixen Velma Kelly and doe-eyed Roxie Hart find themselves in prison, working angles for lawyer Billy Flynn to keep them from hanging and get them released. After seeing the
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Two weeks ago I reviewed Susan Seubert's half of the two-person show at Kittredge Gallery at the University of Puget Sound. This week's column focuses on the second half of the two-shows-in-one: Jessica Bender's mixed-media installation "Dejection," which fills the large front room of the gallery. My initial reaction when entering
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The stereotypical man in a suit, writing on a pad of paper, nodding and mumbling "uh huh" and "go on" is no longer the way of therapy or therapists. When walking into the office of Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare in Lakewood, one is immediately calmed by greenery and rich, earthy tones.
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Floral Building The worst part about seeing all of the pretty flowers is that you have to go outside. No air conditioning, no roof, and People Can Watch You. Not only that, but you can never tell which flowers truly are the prettiest. You can’t like them all the same —
