BADULA QULP, Afghanistan (AP) - When he was a child, and it was bedtime and lights out, Gene Hicks would hide under the blankets and read with a flashlight. Now he's Army 1st Sgt. Gene Hicks, fighting the...
It is a deeply held Army belief that no soldier is left behind. In a decision decided on...
Local soldier releases children’s book
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Did 17th Fires soldier misrepresent himself?
A New London article reports that Spc. Jordon Olson told a reporter a pack of misthruths.
Mar
9th
The boss praises 5th Stryker Brigade
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Mar 9 (AP) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit today that its heavy losses have helped the US begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.Gates visited a small, remote...
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Seattle Times has the story.
Mar
8th
Davila court-martial a capital case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The General Court-Martial Convening Authority late last week referred court-martial charges against Spc. Ivette Davila, to a General Court-Martial empowered to adjudge a capital sentence. This...
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Soldiers returning from the war zone
Its deployment to Iraq at an end, the bulk of I Corps' soldiers are redeploying the next couple weeks to Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). This is not to say that some of those soldiers have not already returned. Over 120 soldiers from the...
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Climate ideal for learning to fly
There's no doubt the wide array of weather conditions prevalent in the Puget Sound area don't appeal to everyone. Rain, snow, fog, wind or overcast skies can dampen spirits and even cause bouts of seasonal depression in some people. But the...
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Aircraft noise not taken lightly
Bud McKay has very thick skin. There are some days when he comes to work and angry callers unleash their wrath on him over being awoken from a deep sleep by a noisy aircraft. "They call me all kinds of names," McKay said. As one of his...
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a condition brought on by an extremely terrifying physical or emotional event. Many times PTSD is linked to war, sexual abuse or trauma, extreme child or domestic abuse, kidnapping, or victims of other...
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JBLM spouses kick off training for cancer walk
Heather Murray was devastated after she had to pull out of last year's Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure walk without completing the 60-mile trek through Seattle. Plantar fasciitis - an irritation and swelling of the thick tissue on the bottom...
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J.M. Simpson returns to the war zone for the seventh time to capture the stories and photos of...
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