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A disgruntled patient and his supporters launched an attack against Madigan Healthcare System Dec. 6 in a mock scenario, setting off a homemade bomb near the emergency department before multiple shooters terrorized the command area and the hospital tower.Although the situation was made up by exercise planners, Madigan's provost marshal
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Sergeant Jonte Scott came home from Valor Games Midwest with "the taste for winning" after earning three gold medals, along with renewed confidence and skills. Scott, a warrior with Charlie Company, placed first in the cycling, shot put and powerlifting events at the U.S. Paralympic competition in
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Warrior Transition Battalion athletes came home from the Warrior Games with a little more weight than when they left; all four WTB Soldiers placed in their sporting events, earning gold, silver and bronze medals. The Warriors in Transition spent a week competing last month against active and
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At 114 pounds, she was the thinnest she'd ever been; she knew that she was at the edge of death. "I was just going, and I knew I was going," said Staff Sgt. Sandy Prouty-Lemley, a warrior with Alpha Company. She was losing her battle with cancer in September 2010. The
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Soldiers picked up hammers and paintbrushes to help build five homes for Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity families in east Tacoma in late June. About 30 Soldiers and staff volunteered for the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Warrior Transition Battalion's second annual effort to contribute to affordable housing for local families in need. "I
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When Spc. Shane Rose became injured after dislocating his femur, his loss of the ability to walk was soon shadowed by other losses, those of independence and his sense of self. His journey since came with the especially difficult and painful task of becoming someone different- stronger of spirit and weaker
