After turning left off Eighth Ave. E and driving a few hundred yards, Ron Grantham made another left turn onto a dirt road leading into Training Area 15. After bouncing down the road for a few hundred yards, Grantham stopped the truck and got...
The State of Washington knows the value of the lessons learned by members of the Washington National Guard (WNG) in protecting property and lives in preparation for this summer's wildfires. Last Sunday instructors with the Department of Natural...
Patriot Express flights arrive at JBLM
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD: Patriot Express flights to Japan will operate out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord beginning May 16, 2022. The Patriot Express (PE) is a Department of Defense contracted commercial charter mission, which provides support for...
Mother saves life at Rainier Elementary School
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - It was a rainy Thursday morning when Maj. Jessica Maxim was dropping her children off at the Rainier Elementary school on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. She heard a horn blaring in the parent drop-off line which she...
Cause of Gulf War Illness discovered?
Sarin gas was responsible for the sickening of approximately 250,000 American soldiers who served during the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War according to a recently released study. Following the conflict, nearly one-third of all who deployed reported...
PCSing can be a pain in the neck, change is coming. The regulations around military moves stem from two sources - Congress and the Pentagon. In charge of putting all of the rules in place and caring for the PSC system is the U.S. Transportation...