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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Acoustic Couch Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art. Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong, hosted by Steve Einhorn, Kate Power. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill. Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss. Tacoma - Downtown. Crazy Texas
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub. Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies. Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub. Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTICThe Red Room. Tacoma - Downtown. Acoustic Show, featuring Joe Red, Sammy Haze, Without A Sound. All Ages. 7 pm.BLUESCharlie's Sports Bar and Grill. Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC.Dawson's Bar and Grill. Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm.Midtown Grill. Bonney
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As I stretched my legs aboard Continental flight 667 bound for Seatac Airport, I meandered into a cramped airplane lavatory last Sunday. While inside I reminisced upon what events had transpired that weekend, and how my behavior had affected regretful consequences. Apparently I’m still that person. I’m still the person
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As I stretched my legs aboard Continental flight 667 bound for Seatac Airport, I meandered into a cramped airplane lavatory last Sunday. While inside I reminisced upon what events had transpired that weekend, and how my behavior had affected regretful consequences. Apparently I’m still that person. I’m still the person
Focus
(SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.) - Lt. Gen. Darren W. McDew formally assumed command of the 18th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay in a change of command ceremony Aug. 6 at the Scott Club. The 18th Air Force is Air Mobility Command's sole warfighting numbered air force, and is responsible
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(446th AW PA) - The Reserve aircrews in the 446th Airlift Wing won't be using their fingertips to flip through thick technical orders to increase their knowledge anymore. Instead, they will be drawing them across touch screens on light and handy electronic tablets. Air Mobility Command purchased about 300 Apple iPad
Music
The Deltan Club in Tacoma will rock this Saturday, as a trio of bands and a DJ will add flavor to the stage, each sound different from the next. "We wanted a unique show, we wanted a smorgasbord," says Ray Hayden, promoter and musician. The show will start at 7 p.m. with
Housing
Meriwether Landing set a precedent on Joint Base Lewis-McChord as the first on-base neighborhood to be shared by officers and enlisted service members. Installation officials and a few of its first residents cut a ceremonial ribbon Aug. 6 at the grand opening of JBLM's newest housing area.
News Articles
In preparation for a future deployment to Afghanistan, B Co., 1st Battalion, 214th General Aviation Service Battalion from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, recently conducted river assault training in Fort Chaffee, Ark., helping to build an assault bridge on the Arkansas River using CH-47 Chinook helicopters to carry
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For more than a decade Chris Burkhart has been a familiar face at Whispering Firs Golf Course at McChord Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Master Life LPGA professional offers private golf lessons and every summer, conducts weeklong camps for children and adults. But golf is just
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Bre'Anna Ellis has nothing to say to those who tell her she can't do something. The teenager shows them she can. "I push myself until I know I can do it to prove to them I can do it," Ellis said. Looking at the 5-foot-1, 15-year-old Joint Base Lewis-McChord track
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It's 5 p.m. on a Friday night. Four U.S. Army cadets carrying assault rifles and machine guns trudge over ground the humidity has turned to ankle-deep mud. Their boots, pasted with mud, fall heavier with each step. Their tattered and worn-out uniforms match their beleaguered expressions. Their
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The sun's rays beat down on the Soldiers of 2nd Brigade Support Battalion, Mustangs, as they stand at attention ready to welcome their new commander. Lt. Col. Gary Grubb assumed command of the 2nd BSB, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division during an assumption of command
Military Life
Army spouse Geana Henkes and her husband, Capt. Herman Henkes of the 47th Combat Support Hospital, settled in the Yelm area just over a year and half ago. They have since invested a considerable amount of time working on their farm, Rainbow Farm. Their love for growing organic food sparked
Deals
Reiki (pronounced ray-key) - a Japanese technique known for stress reduction, relaxation and healing, and great treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder - is now free on Fridays for military personnel at Puyallup Valley Reiki on 5th Street in Puyallup. "It's a simple, safe and natural method of healing," said owner Sara-Michelle
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Dirty and tired, 15 Drug Enforcement Agency agents walked into a makeshift chow hall at the Yakima Training Center on a late July evening for a quick meal of spaghetti and meatballs before planning the next day's mission. "They're in the middle of their three-day practical exercise," Master Sgt. Doug Karnitz,
