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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - The instant Jenn Hemmer first held her newborn daughter in her arms, an everlasting bond was formed.It was a landmark moment etched deeply in time for Hemmer and her husband, Maj. Patrick Hemmer - a time when the rest of the world slowed down and
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Chief Warrant Officer Gregory Balvanz, the commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 56th Army Band, has literally conducted hundreds of musical performances. He's played for generals; he's played for dignitaries. He's played for thousands of people and he's played for crowds of 50 or less. With 13 years
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Last year's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, during which alleged gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 12 soldiers and one civilian, shocked the world. A day that had begun as nothing outside of typical at the sprawling Central Texas Army post left wives as widows; children without
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YAKIMA, Wash. - The annual Japanese-led training exercise in its 17th year at Central Washington State's Yakima Training Center, this year dubbed Operation Rising Thunder, officially came to a close Friday. The event, lasting nearly a month, offers the use of Yakima's vast expanse of ranges, trails and expendable terrain to
