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Spc. Nathan Goodall on June 8th, 2013
In an unpolished, stripped-down room, U.S. Army soldiers are trying to put together a puzzle.They already know what the finished picture is supposed to look like - a tenacious and resourceful staff of soldiers, in charge of running a field artillery headquarters. They need to figure out how the pieces,
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on December 5th, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Col. Michael J. Brokovich, retired, was inducted as the honorary colonel of the 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade during an induction ceremony at the Cascade Community Club, Nov. 29. "The battalion has worked really hard to develop the history
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on December 3rd, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - As a battalion staff manager with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 308th Brigade Support Battalion, Cpl. Thomas Garcia has spent countless hours drowning his brain in Army regulations and standard operating procedures. At the office, he works in meticulous detail to make sure everything is done
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on October 5th, 2012
YAKIMA Training Center, Wash. - The swirling blades of a flying CH-47 Chinook helicopter registered 120 decibels. That's enough to cause permanent hearing damage in four minutes. It can be especially loud if you're standing directly underneath one while it's roaring overhead, even with hearing protection.
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on August 17th, 2012
It's 5 p.m. on a Friday night. Four U.S. Army cadets carrying assault rifles and machine guns trudge over ground the humidity has turned to ankle-deep mud. Their boots, pasted with mud, fall heavier with each step. Their tattered and worn-out uniforms match their beleaguered expressions.
Their
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on August 2nd, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD, Wash. -- It's 5 p.m. on a Friday night. Four U.S. Army cadets wielding assault rifles and machine guns trudge through ground the damp air has turned into a gelatinous goop. Their boots, pasted with mud, fall heavier with each step. Their tattered
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on May 14th, 2013
Leaders with 7th Infantry Division met with Australian army deputy commanding general of operations, Maj. Gen. Richard M. Burr, to observe the 7th Inf. Div. training strategy and discuss initiatives and capabilities of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, during a briefing at the Maneuver Combat Training Center, May 14. Division leaders
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on May 1st, 2013
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Sgt. 1st Class Thomas A. Robinson, a Newport News, Va., native, and the fire control chief and digital master gunner with 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, was presented with the Edmund L. Gruber Award during a ceremony
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on March 7th, 2013
Armorers with 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, competed in the first battalion arms room competition Feb. 28.
Each unit in the battalion was represented by a primary and alternate armorer. The team named the best in the battalion will earn a streamer for
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on January 31st, 2013
Soldiers, Airmen and civilians from across Joint Base Lewis-McChord gathered together for the JBLM Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration at the McChord Field Collocated Club, Jan. 22.
The celebration, hosted by I Corps, 7th Infantry Division and 17th Fires Brigade, reflected on the strides toward
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on January 22nd, 2013
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - On a parade field outside of brigade headquarters is a fully functional tactical operating center. TOCs are usually set up in field or deployment environments, but this one was set up close to home for a very specific mission. Soldiers with
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on December 14th, 2012
Soldiers with 17th Fires Brigade said goodbye to the brigade command sergeant major and welcomed a new one during a change of responsibility ceremony, Dec. 6.
Command Sgt. Maj. Edward Russell relieved Command Sgt. Maj. Dan Moriarty of responsibility of the brigade with the traditional passing of
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Spc. Nathan Goodall on August 4th, 2012
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers in food service with 308th Brigade Support Battalion, 17th Fires Brigade, were named some of the best in the industry when they won first place in the Philip A. Connelly Awards Competition for best Active Army Field Kitchen at the Forces
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