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Goodbye to flag officers

There will be an America's Corps Honors ceremony bidding farewell to Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Mathis, Brig. Gen. Peter C. Bayer and Brig. Gen. Heidi V. Brown on Monday at 10 a.m. in front of the main post flagpole, Building 2025 on Liggett Avenue, JBLM Lewis Main.  

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5th Brigade Stryker dies

  JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Anthony A. Paci, 30, of Rockville, Md., died Mar. 4 at Gereshk, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered during a vehicle rollover. He was assigned

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JBLM C-12 pilots ‘ready to take on any mission’

  The words "Army aviation" usually conjure up images of helicopters, laden with troops. However, the fixed-wing C-12 Huron is an unsung workhorse of cargo and personnel transport within the Army. Joint Base Lewis-McChord Regional Flight Center has two C-12s available as air assets for Soldier or cargo transport. Operational Support Airlift Command's commanding

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47th CSH stayed agile, busy in Iraq

The Soldiers of the 47th Combat Support Hospital returned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord two weeks ago with the collective satisfaction of a job well done. They deployed to Iraq in early 2009 at a time integral to the development of a democracy; its Soldiers found themselves in a complex environment that

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Transition program helps JBLM Air Force, Army police fight crime

Flashing red and blue lights signify the start of a traffic stop on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Lewis Main. Instead of a Military Police Soldier, an Air Force Staff Sergeant from the 62nd Security Forces, steps out of the cruiser, ticket book in hand. After all, the emblem on the patrol

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Members of the Nisqually, Puyallup tribes participate in the annual Leschi-Quiemuth Honor Walk/Run

They came to retrace the steps of their ancestors. To see first hand "Yll-whaltz" or Muck Creek, where salmon have spawned for thousands of years. To journey past village sites and sacred burial grounds and walk along the Squally Plain, where Chief Leschi is said to have trained his warriors prior

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Soldiers don Air Force Blue coveralls

The initiation of Joint Base Lewis-McChord means more than the changing of a few signs. Soldiers donned Air Force blue coveralls last week as part of an ongoing personnel swap between the 555th Engineer Brigade and the 62nd Civil Engineer Squadron. The exchange aims to provide valuable training to junior enlisted Soldiers

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JBLM Daisy Troop honor DuPont residents

They might be small in stature, but the hearts of Daisy Troop No. 40675 far exceed their height. More than a dozen girls from Joint Base Lewis-McChord delivered a Valentine's Day surprise on Feb.11, to residents at Patriots Landing, a retirement community in DuPont. Comprised of kindergarteners and first-graders, the Daisies spent

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Soldier’s suggestion to fix problem on Kiowa Warrior helicopters ‘is an asset’ for Army

When 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment's Sgt. Samuel Viall saw a costly problem during his tour in Iraq, he proposed a fix that can save the Army some money and possibly some lives, too. In recognition of his idea, Viall was named 2009 Suggester of the Year for both Joint

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