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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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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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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, 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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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Money and freight are the lifeblood of U.S. full-spectrum war efforts. Transporting cargo and dispersing pay are the specialties of two 593rd Sustainment Brigade units that returned last week from a year in Iraq. Thunderous cheers and applause greeted approximately 175 Soldiers of the 21st Cargo Transfer Company and Alpha Detachment,
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Soldiers and family members looking to use educational services on Fort Lewis might notice their options have been greatly reduced due to an Armywide contract dispute. Fort Lewis Educational Services Officer Kathleen Connolly said the contract issue, which started Oct. 1, has created a dire situation for education services. "All of this
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The Department of Defense announced today the death Pfc. Derrick D. Gwaltney, 21, of Cape Coral, Fla., who died Nov. 29 south of Basra, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash. According to unit records, Gwaltney
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Family, friends, Soldiers and the Fort Lewis community will remember a Fort Lewis Soldier who died while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with a ceremony to be conducted Tuesday, December 30, at 10:30 a.m. in the North Fort Chapel. Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas, died Nov. 17 in Kandahar, Afghanistan,
