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After receiving a combat medical badge and a purple heart, Spc. Heidi Olson, a health care specialist assigned to the 296th Brigade Support Battalion, told reporters, "I've earned the right to be referred to as a combat medic," a job title formerly held by only males in
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Coral Levang was diagnosed in May with a Stage 4 gastrointestinal tumor and Carcinoid Syndrome - an irreversible, terminal cancer. Doctors told her she likely had a year to live. "I was told I'm going to die," Levang said. "I had a sense of urgency to make a
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Soldiers attached to the 308th Brigade Support Battalion, 17th Fires Brigade, received the Phillip A. Connelly award for the best in the ‘Active Field Kitchen' category by U.S. Army Forces Command Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. John R. O'Connor, Sept. 21. The food service team members
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Army Senior leader spouses joined forces to share ideas at an off-site conference Sept. 12 to 13 at the McChord Collocated Club to prepare for changes scheduled to impact the structure of the Family Readiness Support Assistant program at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. "The reduction plan is scheduled
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Divided in half, Wilson Sports and Fitness Center screeched with sounds of tennis shoes in motion on both ends of the court Saturday. The buzzer sounded after every round during the "Summer Slam" three-on-three basketball tournament as a new team took over the court in a
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Divided in half, Wilson Gym screeched with sounds of tennis shoes in motion on both ends of the court, June 9. As the buzzer sounded off after every round during the "Summer Slam," a new team took over the court in a
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Forward Observers from 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division "Raiders" were stationed on three outposts at Joint Base Lewis-McChord April 9 to 13. They scanned their sectors before calling in missions to a fire direction center as part of the Raider Brigade's "Fires Week," a training certification
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Ultra-marathon runners congregated at the starting line in Richland March 30 to begin a 100-mile journey through Badger Mountain's steep terrain of rock, mud covered trails and rolling hills. The will to persevere and endure the trails of the Badger Mountain Challenge 100-mile ultra-marathon pushed Sgt. 1st
