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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on April 20th, 2012
Soldiers in gas masks and dull gray chemical hazard suits line up to be scrubbed down and rinsed off at adjacent stations set up like an assembly line. They are the 547th Area Support Medical Company, role playing personnel who have been exposed to hazardous materials.
The
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on April 13th, 2012
Soldiers assigned to the 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade trained on new equipment used by signals intelligence analysts in preparation for deployment.
Among other duties, these Soldiers from both the 502nd and 109th Military Intelligence battalions specialize in collecting and analyzing intercepted enemy communications. Last month they
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on March 14th, 2012
Fourteen students from Rogers High School in Puyallup, Wash., visited JBLM March 9 to learn about careers in the medical field offered through the U.S. Army. It was an opportunity provided by the school's Health Occupations Students Association (HOSA) program, a national student organization that
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on February 28th, 2012
Hundreds of service members gathered at McChord Field Club, Feb. 21, for this year's African-American Black History Month observance. Hosted by the 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, the theme of this year's event was "Black Women in American Culture and History." "It is a celebration of the
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on February 22nd, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Ten soldiers, all of them from 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, will go to Fort Sill, Okla., to compete in the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade's Boxing Smoker, Feb. 28 - March 1. Sweat trickles down Spc. Durrell Austin's
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on December 15th, 2011
The screen of a protective mask hides the expression on his face, but Thomas Bingman's stance and the way he holds his weapon speaks with challenging, restrained aggression.
Fencing requires finesse, after all. Normally bursting with energy, the discipline needed to handle his foil (a thin, ball-pointed
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on October 13th, 2011
With a tight grip, ankles crossed and body suspended on a rope 30 feet above the ground, Spc. Christopher Martin, a Soldier with 295th Quartermaster Company, looked with some apprehension at the only way down. He could hear his nine teammates shouting words of encouragement as
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on September 29th, 2011
YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER - Precisely at 6 a.m. the still-dark ranges come to life with the sound of artillery rounds firing and impacting. A pair of illumination rounds fall, cutting the darkness with white light streaks. "Right on the dot, 0600. From what I've seen, (the
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on September 16th, 2011
Building 3118 on Joint Base Lewis-McChord was primarily used as a Warrior Leaders Course barracks, but has not been in use for some time. In the last days of August, a sign posted outside the building read: “Danger — Explosive training being conducted. Stay back 100
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on August 11th, 2011
Chewing away happily at a piece of snack bread covered in Sloppy Joe meat sauce, 6-year-old Ashley Moore digs through the rest of the contents of a Meal Ready-to-Eat package.
"It's so good ... and it has Tabasco sauce. Can you put it all on for me?" Ashley
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on May 10th, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Almost half of the Army's senior non-commissioned officers will be looked at for possible involuntary separation by boards that meet over the next several months. These retention screenings called Qualitative Service Program boards will take place with senior NCO promotion boards,
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on March 28th, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers assigned to the 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade are training on new equipment used by signals intelligence analysts, in preparation for deployment. Among other duties, these soldiers from both the 502nd and the 109th Military Intelligence Battalions specialize in collecting and
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on March 25th, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - The U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff visited JBLM, Friday. General Lloyd Austin III and other Army leaders came to see firsthand the systems and processes that support soldiers before deployment and upon their return. Key areas examined included
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on November 7th, 2011
Soldiers of the 864th Engineer Battalion gathered to unveil a painting honoring the unit in a ceremony Oct. 24 near its headquarters building.
Titled "Clear - Hold - Build," the work by artist Patrick Haskett features combat engineers standing watch while their fellow Soldiers build a new
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on September 2nd, 2011
A video crew shot the final scenes of a reality series recently on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
"Starting Strong," a project headed by television actor and producer Ricky Schroder, matched potential Army recruits with senior NCO mentors and two battle buddies. Each segment followed a civilian who was interested
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Sgt. Mark Miranda/5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment on May 6th, 2011
The family readiness group for Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion of I Corps held a Pre-Deployment Kids Extravaganza at the Joint Base Lewis McChord Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Saturday. With the unit's mission departure approaching, the event was an opportunity to provide families with resources and to touch base with
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