Kids
When you ask Mariah Smiley what she does for fun, her pause is a little long for a 17-year-old girl. It's not that she's boring. During the school year she goes to Woodinville High School where she'll be a senior next year. She takes college classes a few
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Firefighter Will Odom will tell you that this isn't his first rodeo. He and a team of four other experienced Joint Base Lewis-McChord firefighters and one firefighter paramedic left for Fort Carson, Colo. Saturday, where they will help relieve teams that have been stretched
Kids
When you think "summer camp," bingo and karaoke might not be the first thoughts that come to mind. But at Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 2012 Army Community Services Exceptional Family Member Program Camp, those activities and more will be available for program participants and their families. "There's so
Focus
Second Lt. Travis A. Morgado, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, was relentless. As a 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division platoon leader, he made sure everyone was familiar with operations orders and had rehearsed battle drills regardless of whether or not they were going on the mission. His
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It's not every race that starts with an announcer asking squads to tighten up their formations - but it's a pretty standard way to kick off the Sound to Narrows Military Run each year. This year's run marked a resurgence in numbers that organizers are hoping will become a
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Every night for the last month, a group of birds has circled a chimney on Joint Base Lewis-McChord just before sunset. It starts with just a few, but more and more join them as they swoop around their target - and then, as it finally gets dark,
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Dining facility hours expanded earlier this month on Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Lewis North and Lewis Main. The changes, which include certain mess halls being open later in the day and a new brunch feeding window on weekends, came only shortly before Installation Management Command recommended that nearly 25
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Once, on a kayaking trip with his buddies, Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut saw a tree probably 14-inches thick and decided he would cut it down with the small hatchet he had packed along. His friends, Sgt. Martin LePage and Sgt. Tyler Jenkins, laughed and went to set up camp.
Kids
When Buddy Lee's father came back from the Vietnam War, he was never quite the same. His mom was the primary caregiver for the family's six kids, and life was stressful at times. But then Lee discovered athletics and his whole life changed. "Sports saved my life," he said
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Walking along the upstairs hallway of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Western Region Foreign Language Training Center, visitors might encounter a neat row of desert boots lined up against the wall. Each pair represents a Soldier in the model Afghan living room just on the other side of the
Health
Changing duty stations is hard for Mark Conatser. Like a lot of 15-year-olds, he's thinking about college and getting ready to start driver's ed, and a shift in his routine complicates all of that. Mark also has Asperger's syndrome, a developmental disorder on the autism spectrum, which makes moves
Neighborhoods
There's been a lot of life on JBLM Lewis Main and Lewis North in the last 95 years. Since they began as Camp Lewis in 1917, the stories of thousands of service members and their Families have played out on the installation as they did everything from
Health
In the two years since it launched, the Confidential Alcohol Treatment and Education Program has seen a lot of changes - but the biggest change might be to the Army itself. "It's really a major change in the Army's philosophy - commander involvement in drug and alcohol
Military Resources
On an ever-growing military installation, it's important to look to the future. But it can be just as important to turn around and remember the past. The new Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Works Cultural Resources website is expected to help with that. After more than a year in the works,
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The 42nd Military Police Brigade's Headquarters and Headquarters Company cased its colors Jan. 4 in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. The 120-member company will be joining units from three other brigades in the Bagram area to conduct detainee operations. The Joint-Base Lewis McChord-based brigade headquarters will also
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A Soldier in a bomb suit walked slowly toward a smoking vehicle on Joint Base Lewis-McChord last Thursday. A rope trailed behind him, and two other Soldiers kept pace at his side."It's pretty quiet in that bomb suit when you're walking by yourself," Maj. Matt Kuhns, 3rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion,
Education
Joint Base Lewis-McChord announced Wednesday an increase in security presence in the wake of the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday . Though there are no specific threats to installations, DOD approved U.S. Northern Command's recommendation to elevate force protection levels in what officials are calling "an
Education
Making decisions about postsecondary education can be tough. But the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Education Fair can help Soldiers and their Families narrow things down. "It's going to be like a one-stop shopping situation for them," education guidance counselor Jan Muri said of the upcoming event. The fair, which
Health
The Defense Health Board met in Tacoma earlier this week to discuss health concerns facing servicemembers, but the board members didn't stick to briefs and slideshows. The group also took the time to get information from actual Soldiers. The board, which meets about four times a year, makes
Health
Staff Sgt. Matthew Carter, 23rd Chemical Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, always loved riding his bike. He rode it as a kid. He rode it while he was stationed in Germany. Now he rides his bike to and from work at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, weather permitting. Everyday he
