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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Ten soldiers, all of them from 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, will go to Fort Sill, Okla., to compete in the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade's Boxing Smoker, Feb. 28 - March 1. Sweat trickles down Spc. Durrell Austin's
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The Tacoma Concert Band doesn't fuck around. They win awards, tour Europe, kick ass and take names - not necessarily in that order. Music Director Robert Musser and his 60 strong Tacoma Concert Band members are known for unleashing memorable performances on Grit City, and there's a descent chance Saturday's
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Look, we realize there's a decent chance you've never been to a real, live Latino dance party. We're going to level with you: neither have we. We went to Cabo once on spring break, and sometimes on Friday nights we go to El Toro for giant margaritas the size of
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The Augustana Symphonic Band - from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. - has some history behind it. Like, a lot of history. A history that goes all the way back to 1874, the year the Augustana Symphonic Band was born. 138 years later, the squad of highly-trained wind instrument Jedis descends
Health
What if Soldiers could train themselves to control the physical reactions that often mark post-traumatic stress -- the racing heart, rapid breathing, and overtuned responses that make it difficult to focus on the task at hand? What if that physical control could make them feel
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You love television. You always have. It's part of being American, like processed cheese and alarming obesity statistics. Most of all, you love the really old TV shows you grew up on (or at the very least grew up smoking weed out of a Mountain Dew can to on Nick
Focus
On Feb. 28, 1992 a dedication ceremony was held in the Medical Mall at Madigan Army Medical Center where more than 400 people watched congressman and generals dedicate the new, $280 million structure we now operate in known as Madigan. For the next few weeks, staff members worked
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Jesus. Has it really been five years of R.R. Anderson's Tacomics? Seems like it's been at least seven, maybe more. Since his somewhat humble beginnings, including being named "Tacoma's Best Gadfly" by a certain rag what seems like eons ago, "Anderson's biting weekly sketches have become ingrained in Tacoma, part
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A new NBC show that rewards selfless people for their good deeds is seeking service members, veterans and their families to spotlight in some upcoming episodes. The show gives people an opportunity to pay a deserving hometown hero back "for always paying it forward," an NBC news release
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE FRIDAY 10 AM Michael Kaeshammer Seattle
Education
"The Army is looking to retain those who exceed expectations," Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III said recently. "Specifically, being a part of tomorrow's Army will require a willingness to stretch beyond one's comfort zone in order to grow as a competent Soldier and
Health
In the two years since it launched, the Confidential Alcohol Treatment and Education Program has seen a lot of changes - but the biggest change might be to the Army itself. "It's really a major change in the Army's philosophy - commander involvement in drug and alcohol
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This Memorial Day weekend was the most tragic and the very worst for everyone in Tacoma because we lost someone who was so important to so many people. Tears immediately streamed down my face last Saturday when I read an e-mail letting me know that Gayl Bertagni, one of
Health
Today's Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines are not free from the influences of poor dietary choices and reduced physical activity while deployed. Nutrition and the overall health of service members play a critical role in both readiness and daily life during a deployment. Conditions of deployment such
Health
After feedback from patients, Madigan Healthcare System's Behavioral Health services have reorganized in order to provide a one-stop shop for all behavioral health needs for both service members and their Families effective Feb. 7. The departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Work and the Child and Family Assistance
