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5-2 Stryker Brigade Reflagged as 2-2

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5-2 Stryker Brigade Reflagged as 2-2

A Stryker brigade whose only commander said was "conceived under the aegis of Mars" retired its flag and welcomed a new leader last week. The Destroyer Brigade cased its colors July 22 for the first time in its three-year history, when it inactivated to become 2nd Brigade, 2nd

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McChord unit gets new designation

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.  -- The Airmen assigned to the 62nd Mission Support Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord got a new unit designation and a more focused mission last week. In a ceremony Sept. 17 in Hangar 9 at McChord Field, the 62nd MSG inactivated and the 627th Air

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Undersecretary impressed with JBLM

An Army leader left Joint Base Lewis-McChord this week impressed with what he saw. The second highest-ranking civilian at Department of the Army noted Monday evening the breadth and tempo of activities on the joint installation. Joseph Westphal, the under secretary of the Army, spent Monday and Tuesday reviewing JBLM and I

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SF soldier remembered

Editor's note: The special forces operators who spoke at the memorial ceremony are not identified at their request for security reasons. He sought responsibility and volunteered for tough assignments so that others wouldn't have to go. That was the consensus among eulogies by eight Soldiers, most of them special forces teammates

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JBLM soldier dreams of Hollywood

  Google Sgt. James Valdez of 9th Financial Management Company, and eventually you'll find a connection to show business. In December 2008 while deployed to Camp Arafjan, Kuwait, Valdez met model and television personality Leeann Tweeden. signing autographs while traveling with the Sergeant Major of the Army's 2008 Hope and Freedom Tour. "We

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62nd ready to go back overseas

For the fourth time since 9/11, only 17 months after its last return, the 62nd Medical Brigade headquarters cased its colors last week for movement to a combat theater of operations. The ceremony took place March 26 in Soldiers Field House on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Lewis Main. As one of the busiest,

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JBLM law enforcement to carry TASERs

Next week, Joint Base Lewis-McChord security and law enforcement personnel will begin carrying the latest, most effective means to subdue suspects who are combative or pose an immediate physical threat. Starting Monday, most will be equipped with Thompson A. Swift Electric Rifles, known better by their acronym - TASERs. "It's important that

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