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For 20 years Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aquatics Director Bill Miller lobbied for a complete overhaul of Kimbro Pool. The pool finally closed its doors last October, but when they reopen in September to a multi-million dollar renovated facility, complete with an indoor splash park, Miller won't
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Life can take unexpected turns, even for men of the cloth. When Chaplain (Col.) Gary Studniewski returned from Iraq in 2009 at the end of a deployment with 555th Engineer Brigade, he was prepared to move on from Fort Lewis. Instead he made the promotion list to colonel
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From the size of the stumps still in the ground, the large oak trees that came down near Grandstaff Library on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Lewis Main two weeks ago were very old. But as Joint Base Lewis-McChord expands its roads to meet the needs of the growing
Schools
The students of Carter Lake Elementary School erupted in applause as the names of four classmates were announced at a school assembly. The students called to the front of the courtyard had not only increased their test scores but also won a schoolwide raffle for a
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Specialist Vilmar Galarza-Hernandez always had a smile on his face. The 21-year-old Soldier never complained and always said yes. His positive attitude touched his fellow Soldiers in 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. "His smile always made my day better. His attitude always made me feel it's not
Military Life
Jeremiah Fountain had planned on finding a job when he left the Army last October. But with no interesting jobs open, and his wife Myra, a first lieutenant in the 709th Transportation Detachment, expecting their first child, he decided that it was time to go back to school
Military Life
With their families and friends looking on, future doctors, nurses, teachers and engineers received scholarships from the JBLM Family Member Scholarship Fund at the Family Resource Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord June 8. The 24 recipients are the children and spouses of Soldiers stationed at JBLM,
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Sergeant Timothy Mills didn't have high expectations when former National Guardsman Sgt. Michael Knapp was first assigned to his section in 2009 as a private first class. But after working with him, Mills came to admire Knapp as one of the best Soldiers he has ever met or worked
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Shawn Bowen pulled his three challenge coins from his flight suit May 17 before boarding a C-17 Globemaster III on JBLM McChord Field. He was ensuring that his 4th Airlift Squadron tour guides had their coins as well; if they failed to produce coins they owed the
Veterans
Retirees from across the Pacific Northwest will take over McChord Field's Hangar 9 May 18 for Joint Base Lewis-McChord's annual Retiree Appreciation Day. The annual health and information fair is a collaboration between retiree service offices for Army and Air Force retirees at JBLM. There will be 56
