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Fort Lewis Release on January 28th, 2010
When Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors deploy to hostile environments around the globe, they expect to experience stress. For the families they leave behind, finding help to prepare them for the difficulties of separation and the anxiety of having loved ones in combat can be daunting. A new program on Fort Lewis aims
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Fort Lewis Release on December 10th, 2009
Biologists at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, The Northwest Zoo Alliance, The Evergreen State College, Cedar Creek Correctional Center and Fort Lewis Fish and Wildlife are involved in a five-year-long Oregon spotted frog species reintroduction pilot project at the post's remote 40-acre Dailman Lake. Last month members from the agencies
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Fort Lewis Release on February 9th, 2010
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Family, friends, Service members and the Joint Base community will remember a Soldier who died while in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with a ceremony to be conducted Wednesday, February 10, at 3 p.m. in the JBLM Lewis North Chapel. Sgt. Carlos E. Gill, 25, of Fayetteville N.C., died
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Fort Lewis Release on February 4th, 2010
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Members of the 47th Combat Support Hospital will be reunited with their families at a ceremony currently scheduled for 11 p.m. Friday at Soldiers Field House. The 47th Combat Support Hospital deployed to Iraq in February 2009. Upon arrival, the unit assumed control of the 1st Forward Surgical Medical Detachment,
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Fort Lewis Release on January 28th, 2010
One of the most common offenses on Fort Lewis is "Driving with a Suspended or Revoked License." According to Jennifer Beuning, chief of the Police Services Division, our law enforcement and access control personnel routinely discover drivers who are operating motor vehicles with suspended drivers' licenses. During the last three
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Fort Lewis Release on January 15th, 2010
FORT LEWIS, Wash. - The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Fort Lewis Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Kyle J. Wright, 22, of Romeoville, Ill., died Jan. 13 at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered earlier that day when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive
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Fort Lewis Release on January 14th, 2010
For two members of the Fort Lewis community, a hobby turned into national recognition and an extra wad of cash. Captain Jason Heiner, a Madigan Army Medical Center emergency room resident, and Erica Watt, outreach coordinator with Lewis-McChord communities, placed in the 2009 Army Arts and Crafts contest. Both winners said they
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Fort Lewis Release on January 14th, 2010
FORT LEWIS, Wash. -The General Court-Martial case of U.S. vs. Pvt. Timothy E. Bennitt, is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 19. Charges of involuntary manslaughter against Private (E-2) Timothy E. Bennitt were referred to trial by General Court Martial following an investigation into the February 15, 2009 death of Leah King,
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Fort Lewis Release on January 7th, 2010
Editors note: At James' request, his last name is omitted from this article because of security considerations related to his assignment as a translator in Iraq. Second Lieutenant James M is no stranger to success, nor to breaking new ground. Assigned to the Fort Lewis Language Center, James has a long list
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Fort Lewis Release on January 7th, 2010
The 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment will case their colors Friday, at 10 a.m., during a deployment ceremony at Wilson Fitness Center, on North Fort Lewis, in preparation for the unit's upcoming deployment to Iraq. The unit will deploy about 500 service members in support of Operation Iraqi
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Fort Lewis Release on December 17th, 2009
YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER - The 864th Engineer Battalion is preparing to deploy to Afghanistan early in 2010. To get ready, the battalion spent the last two weeks training in the cold of Yakima Training Center. The 864th's primary mission in Afghanistan will be to build the infrastructure necessary to support brigade
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Fort Lewis Release on December 10th, 2009
Wasting no time and standing on little ceremony, the first element of Headquarters, I Corps to deploy last year to Iraq arrived back on Fort Lewis early Monday morning to the arms of their loved ones. About 110 Soldiers of the I Corps Analysis and Control Element, responsible for analyzing and
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