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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - For many of America's war-torn and disabled veterans, adjusting to life as a combat casualty can be the mental and physical journey of a thousand miles. Through learning the art and craft of fly tying and fishing, soldiers assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion here,
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As the aroma of roasted turkey, fresh cooked carrots and garlic potatoes filled the air, approximately 200 members of the Washington Wing Civil Air Patrol, filled the seats of the seasonally decorated ballroom at the McChord Field Collocated club here, Nov. 10, in celebration of their 71st Fall Anniversary Banquet. It
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Led by their commander, Col. Ronald Krogh, the 47th Combat Support Hospital set up an 84-bed hospital in just 72 hours during a field training exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Oct. 15 to 19. The big deal? The combat hospital was made up of enough interconnected tents
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At the end of a four-day competition in July, during which nine NCOs battled at Fort Bragg, N.C. for the title of U.S. Army Forces Command Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord-based field artillery NCO emerged as FORSCOM's finest. Since that time, the 6-foot-6-inch,
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - An improvised 10-kiloton nuclear detonation has occurred somewhere close to Indianapolis, and the casualties are massive - at least, that's the training scenario for which elements of 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade, will provide mission command, health service support
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Sometimes the race is to the swift - sometimes, to those who just keep running. Once in awhile, however, there happens along that one, who, after years of running, is still swift - and still winning. How do you gain an edge? "Above all else, winning is
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Sometimes the race is to the swift - sometimes, to those who just keep running. Once in awhile, however, there happens along that one, who, after years of running, is still swift - and still winning. How does one gain such an edge? "Above all else,
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Just as lightning seldom strikes the same place twice, there are other things equally as rare to witness. For one battalion in the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, such an event has occurred. Two former first captains of the U.S. Military Academy's Corps of Cadets have been
