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David Poe/JBLM PAO on March 9th, 2012
Shoplifting doesn't pay was the message at Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Lewis Main Exchange Feb. 29. Officials from Directorate of Emergency Services' Crime Prevention program joined forces with Army and Air Force Exchange Service to spread the word during an information fair, DES' first in 2012.
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 17th, 2012
A traditional Irish saying claims "The tree remains, but not the hand that planted it." Soldiers who live by the creed of De Oppresso Liber, or "to liberate the oppressed," know that truth all too well.
Soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group remembered one of their own Feb.
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 10th, 2012
Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation might have always been synonymous with serving troops, but the staff at Joint Base Lewis-McChord might have taken it to a new level.
Toby Bartley, creative director for JBLM FMWR, calls it being "zapped."
"We wanted to do something different at
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 3rd, 2012
Sam and his older brother, Spc. Tom Brandon, a Soldier with 17th Fires Brigade, rode together in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Better Opportunities for Single Servicemembers van the evening of Jan. 27.
Whether it was barracks-to-barracks, trips to the Express, or getting fellow troops home from a
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 3rd, 2012
Servicemembers entering the civilian workforce are sharing in the nation's current economic slump. The U.S. Department of Labor reported in 2010 an 11.5 percent unemployment rate for those who'd served in the military any time after September 2001.
With the Army expecting to downsize by approximately 80,000
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 3rd, 2012
It's 25 degrees, 10 with the wind chill. You've lost control of your car and have landed in an embankment just off of the Nisqually.
While you get your bearings and wonder if your arm is broken, a tone sounds at Joint Base Lewis- McChord. JBLM firefighters spring
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on January 24th, 2012
Joint Base Lewis-McChord continues to have its share of VIP visits, but when a group includes a sophisticated pig named Olivia, a needy bear and his friends, along with an army of mosaic penguins, kids like Anna Grace Rasberry, 4, can't be expected to miss it. She
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on January 24th, 2012
Since October, police instructors at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Directorate of Emergency Services' Law Enforcement Training Section have rearranged some of their training curriculums. Successful long before October, the details remain the same for how civilian law enforcement personnel are trained, but one police instructor said something
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on January 24th, 2012
The "fighting knife" that's seen in the U.S. Army Special Forces crest is said to represent a "silent" weapon that represents "straight and true" Special Forces troops.
Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 1st Special Forces Group recognized 14 of their own fighting knives and pinned them with
Military Resources
David Poe/JBLM PAO on December 23rd, 2011
It seems like a foregone conclusion that there will be more e-readers and tablet computers needing gift wrap this holiday season than all previous ones combined. Before anybody in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord community starts making e-book purchases with their shiny, new devices, Family and
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on April 6th, 2012
On canvas a clown touches a window pane. Visible through it stands the home he can't touch. Painted by a Vietnam veteran, the face paint represents his struggles with post-traumatic stress, the glass symbolizes his alienation, and out of reach beyond it is home, the place he loves the most.
The
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on April 6th, 2012
Colonel Barry Huggins, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division commander, told Joint Base Lewis-McChord his "Lancer" Brigade will defend America far from her shores and return with honor in remarks at Watkins Field last week. His speech highlighted a morning colors-casing ceremony for approximately 4,000 Lancer Brigade Soldiers who will deploy
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on March 23rd, 2012
Fort Lewis became part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in 2010, but one Army unit may be glad that one of its gyms didn't change its name.
Alpha Company, 46th Aviation Support Battalion Soldiers defeated 627th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen 44-36 to take home JBLM DFMWR's base championship
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on March 1st, 2012
Harley Backes, 8, said one of many great things about her father, Sgt. Justin Backes, is "wherever he is, he knows where we are."
After a year apart, they were finally together again when Backes and 27 other Marines from Alpha Company, 4th Landing Support Battalion reunited with
their
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on February 23rd, 2012
Morning formations have been sources of information for military members for generations. At Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the largest military installation on the West Coast, it would take Seattle's CenturyLink Field to house a communitywide formation - or just a Facebook account.
As pleasant as the Seahawks' and
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on December 9th, 2011
The Uniformed Code of Military Justice is more than 14,000 words long ... in sub chapter 1 (there are 12 in all.) This newspaper article is roughly one-twentieth of that first chapter. When it comes to the legal rights of all involved in the system, knowing military
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David Poe/JBLM PAO on December 2nd, 2011
In today's joint-service culture, Army green and Navy blue might not be as competitive as they once were ... unless you add a football.
For the 12th time in as many years, with support from Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord will face
Airlifter Blog
David Poe/JBLM PAO on November 15th, 2011
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- A year before, and in some cases only months before, they were wide-eyed young people fresh out of high school, while some were twenty-somethings looking for a new start. Some maybe used to slink down in their chairs, and some would speak
Airlifter Blog
David Poe/JBLM PAO on November 11th, 2011
A year before, and in some cases only months before, many were wide-eyed young people fresh out of high school. Some were 20-somethings looking for a new start. Some slunk in their chairs, some spoke to neighbors in class while their instructors spoke. Some cared more about
Fort Lewis Blog
David Poe/JBLM PAO on November 4th, 2011
In honor of Veterans Day, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it will waive "day-use" fees for veterans, active and reserve component servicemembers, and their Families on Veteran's Day at all district recreation areas, as well as the more than 2,400 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide.
USACE's Northwestern
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