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For Harvey Wilson and his wife, Betty, there is nothing better than heading out of town in what they like to call their retirement vehicle. Their 30-foot RV has helped craft many memories for their family during the past two decades since Harold bid adieu to the U.S. Army. But as
Education
Your days in the military are wrapping up, and you're starting to examine educational opportunities. After becoming accustomed to earning a certain amount of money each month, the idea of relying on the GI Bill can be a bit daunting. Before you start running financials in your head, it's a good
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In 1916, Pierce County movers and shakers began lobbying hard for approval of some $2 million in bonds to pay for condemned land that would ultimately house Fort Lewis. While some of the emphasis may have been due to sheer love of country and patriotic duty, a great bulk of the
Veterans
Undoubtedly, during a military career, service members have experienced duty stations that were accompanied with high cost-of-living allowances as well as duty stations that came without any additional pay. The government operates on an across-the-board pay scale based on years in service and pay grade. While most civilian jobs come
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There are a few things you should know before the plane touches down on Korean soil. First of all, when you start to hear other soldiers talking about turtles - they're talking about you. In-processing and out-processing are within a few steps of each other, but it will take you
Spouses
I'm going to indulge myself for a moment and tell you a tragic tale. At the ripe old age of 19, I received my first military assignment - Camp Casey, Korea. Within a month of arriving on foreign soil, I met an amazing young man - or so I thought. He
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The first time Aisha Barnett's husband went to Iraq it seemed as though the children put in most of the effort in maintaining a relationship with their father. The children made cards, goofy art projects and goodies to send to dad. Hunter, 9, and Kendall, 6, are now enduring Sgt. Adam
Focus
We've all been on those vacations. You know, the ones where after paying for the hotel, rental car, airfare, amusement park fees, and food you've managed to spend a summer's worth of rent or mortgage. The military is trying to make vacationing, locally and abroad, a bit easier with an array
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There are times when it probably isn't 100 percent apparent that Tommy Weese is a survivor of Traumatic Brain Injury. If he's spent some time preparing, he can usually communicate unfettered for a good 20 to 30 minutes. It's when conversations linger that some of those surefire symptoms of severe TBI
Children
To a young mind, nothing says Daddy or Mommy is OK like a video of him or her. This reassurance, while parents are on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, can be a remarkable feeling - for both the parent and the child. While this wasn't necessarily the key reason behind
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Parenting during deployments is a task in and of itself, but explaining antiwar sentiment to young children can be even more taxing. Explaining news reports that show war protestors or even driving past the local protestors who gather on the freeway bridge between DuPont and Fort Lewis is often a tough
Transitioning
When Lindsey Morgan arrived at Fort Lewis three months ago with her husband and two small children, she was miles away from home and felt completely out of her element. "We knew when we got here that it would only be a matter of time before Charlie (her husband) would get
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Stepping through the doorway at Tacoma School of the Arts is like watching “FAME — The Musical.” Students arrive in eclectic garb that ranges from traditional teen to outlandish punk, runway model to starving artist. As they breeze past murals and photographs in the hallway, they talk about everything from
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Coffee, music, computers, poetry readings, movie nights — it may seem like a rather innocuous gathering place for soldiers stationed at Fort Lewis. This coffeehouse, however, would cater to soldiers who are against the war in Iraq and seeking refuge from what organizers are touting as an unlawful occupation in
