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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 21st, 2012
The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) and the Captain Meriwether Lewis Main Chapter (CMLM) has a new subchapter.
The newly created AUSA Olympia subchapter formally met Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis McChord's 593rd Sustainment Brigade on May 9 at a "Right Arm" reception in Olympia.
The Right Arm - a
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 17th, 2012
Grace Campbell has high blood pressure, wears a heart-monitoring device and almost lost her home and belongings - all because of her job.
The former Washington National Guard sergeant believed she was tormented and terminated because of her military service. Last week a federal jury in Seattle agreed, awarding Campbell $485,000
Military Life
CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 11th, 2012
Washington High School seniors Jasmine Kim and Mi-Kyeong Jung have been friends since seventh-grade, but it went beyond that when they joined the school's Air Force JROTC unit. They found more than friendship.
"She's family," Jung said of Kim. "She makes me want to be a better person."
This summer that bond
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 10th, 2012
Zumba isn't just a dance-fitness craze, it also raises raise money through Zumba-thons for charitable causes worldwide.
On Saturday, May 12, Rollin' 253 Skate and Community Center, 2079 Mildred St. W., Fircrest, will be the site of a Zumba-thon for Autism Speaks from 4 to 6 p.m.
"Autism is at alarming rates
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 9th, 2012
Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM), in partnership with Pierce Transit and Intercity Transit, will be rolling out a commuter vanpool program as part of an I-5 traffic congestion relief initiative.
Beginning this summer, 25 vanpools will be available as commute alternatives for Soldiers who live off base and government employees.
"You only
Health
CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 7th, 2012
In the first scientific study of its kind, the National Center for Veterans Studies (NCVS) is investigating the relationship of shame, guilt and trauma among active duty military and how these variables affect Soldiers' suicide risks.
"Guilt and shame are important psychological contributors to suicide risks," said Dr. Craig Bryan, a
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 7th, 2012
Science has finally proven what military families already know and many others have long suspected - frequent deployments are hard on spouses and indirectly harder on marriages as a whole.
In a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found evidence that the wives of deployed Soldiers
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on May 2nd, 2012
Vietnam veteran Raleigh Showens gripped his shotgun tightly as he sat in his car outside the pain management clinic. This was his last chance - if this treatment didn't work, he knew what he had to do.
Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for decades, Showens left the gun behind and
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on April 28th, 2012
This summer, the kids can play video games and watch TV for hours or roam the mall and text all day, every day. Or they can go to summer camp and create memories that will last a lifetime.
Whether your child is a techie or budding actor, or simply wants to
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on April 26th, 2012
Sapphire skies and puffy white clouds gave rise to balmy temperatures at the Barksdale Station Health Fair on April 21 in DuPont.
The health fair had massages, raffles, giveaways, and a chance to win great prizes to the Oregon Beach and Great Wolf Lodge. A multitude of kids (many of whom
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on April 30th, 2012
A 2012 survey conducted by the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) and reported recently in the Army Times claimed that 80 percent of wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans reported having combat-related mental health symptoms.
More than half of the 2,300 WPP members surveyed said they were depressed - a number the Army
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on April 15th, 2012
In case you've been wondering, construction near the old JBLM logistics center sign (off the I-5 freeway) is the beginning of the new Regional Logistics Support Complex (RLSC) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The four-phase project will provide a single, regional complex that will serve for all Army Material Command (AMC) mission
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on April 15th, 2012
One of the many challenges facing military spouses is finding gainful employment with each new change of duty station. Many employers aren't willing to invest in someone that will probably leave within three years, so it seems the best job for military spouses is one within the military community. That's
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on March 17th, 2012
The U.S. Army staff sergeant, 38 year-old Robert Bales, who allegedly killed 16 Afghans in an early morning incident is being held in pre-trial confinement at the Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a state-of-the-art, medium/minimum custody facility.
The JRCF provides pre-trial confinement
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on December 19th, 2011
Finding a job isn't what it used to be-filling out an application in a retail store, turning in resumes on colored paper, or pursuing the streets for shop-window "for-hire" signs-are all things of the past. Virtual networking, on-line applications, and computer-generated reject letters now dominate the job market.
Unless it's sales-oriented,
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on December 8th, 2011
Finding a job isn't what it used to be-filling out an application in a retail store, turning in resumes on colored paper, or pursuing the streets for shop-window "for-hire" signs-are all things of the past. Virtual networking, on-line applications, and computer-generated reject letters now dominate the job market.
Unless it's sales-oriented,
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on December 8th, 2011
Jillian Woods was such a tomboy growing up that she knew little about makeup, what a skincare regimen was, or about what to wear to the high-school prom. In fact, after graduation she worked as an electrician for two years.
Then Woods fell in love. A year later, she'd married Pvt.
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on November 28th, 2011
Lisa Humphries doesn't work in a regular "brick and mortar school" but she is still a high-school science teacher-she just works online and from home. After teaching for nine years on campus, she made the transition to be at home with the kids while her spouse remained on active duty
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CORINNE LINCOLN-PINHEIRO on October 22nd, 2011
Tonight, the Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Bench Press and Deadlift Championships will be held at Soldiers Field House (building 3236, 2nd Division & Handrich, Lewis Main) on Oct. 22 beginning at 11 a.m.
Weigh-ins will be held the morning of the event from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the same
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