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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.21.14 >>> Military under fire after sex assault rulings. Russia's military maneuvers in Crimea have left U.S. analysts questioning what sort of threat the former Cold War military giant's forces, platforms and weaponry currently present. U.S. President Barack Obama threatened sanctions against Moscow's defense
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.20.14 >>> Taliban fighters killed at least 11 people and wounded 22 in a suicide bomb attack and gunbattle at a police station in Afghanistan's eastern Jalalabad city today. Al Qaeda calls for car bombs across America. Watchdog: U.S. may be paying salaries of
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Monday night the city of Lakewood took a major step in charting the region's future growth and development with Joint Base Lewis-McChord, at least according to the news release. On Monday night, the Lakewood City Council awarded a contract for professional services to AECOM Technical Services, Inc., to assist the South
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.19.14 >>> Russian troops backed by unarmed volunteers stormed Ukraine's naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol and raised the Russian flag, as Moscow tightened its control of the Black Sea peninsula. Ukraine and the art of crisis management. Officials might not know
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.17.14 >>> Hundreds of Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers are heading to Afghanistan this spring. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Kidd and its crew are stepping up search efforts for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean with round-the-clock coverage. Navy Seals
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.15.14 >>> Joint Base Lewis-McChord bids farewell to 4-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team. GOP control of Senate could spawn Tea Party resurgence, more defense cuts. Air Force leaders detailed future force cuts and defended the service's religious accommodation practices after coming under attack from
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The word out of Gov. Jay Inslee's office ... Governor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Army Pfc. James Groth, 22, of Ethal, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Sunday, March 16, 2014.
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.14.14 >>> Failings last spring by nuclear missile operators at an Air Force base in North Dakota were worse than first reported. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno unveiled what he called the Global Strategic Landpower Network. How to stop - or slow
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.13.14 >>> 7 things to know about the U.S.'s future in Afghanistan. Let the military run drone warfare. The Pentagon is sending more Marines and warplanes to join its emergency response group in Spain. The additions show the growing importance of smaller task forces in
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This just in from the 2-2 SBCT Public Affairs Office: The 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division and the 62nd Airlift Wing will partner to train on rapid deployment of the 2-2 SBCT platform vehicle, the Stryker. This is the first time since 2006 that Air Force and Army on
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Airman 1st Class Sam Fogleman of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office has the latest on the SkyFest airshow at Fairchild Air Force Base, May 31 and June 1. Returning to Fairchild for the first time since 2010, the event will be headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.12.14 >>> Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, the top commander in Afghanistan, will testify on Capitol Hill today about the situation on the ground amid a continuing standoff with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., incoming chairman of the Senate subcommittee
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Medals of Honor have been in the news lately. Twenty-four soldiers who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam will receive the Medal of Honor March 18 at the White House, correcting oversights that prevented many of them from receiving the nation's highest award for valor because of their
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Senior Airman Madelyn McCullough of the 446th Airlift Wing grabbed three awards in the 2013 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest. The top entries were announced today by Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, AFRC commander. The public affairs competition featured 317 Web, print, graphic, still photo and broadcasting entries from
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.11.14 >>> 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review includes more risk, less money. Israeli military officers are crediting a shadowy C4I unit as the unsung heroes of Operation Full Disclosure, a months-long mission that led to the high-seas capture of an Iranian arms cache some
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The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal 2015 includes a number of proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve including converting eight C-17s from the primary inventory to the back-up inventory. A Department of Defense news release below spells out the proposed changes. The Department of Defense budget request for
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.10.14 >>> DoD issues new threat report on North Korea. The passage of the U.S. destroyer Truxtun into the Black Sea was seen by official Russian news outlets as a challenge to the Russian fleet and evidence that the U.S. was "ramping up
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.8.14 >>> Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared with 239 people on board. China declared a "red line" on North Korea, saying that China will not permit chaos or war on the Korean peninsula, and that peace can
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For anyone who thought last year's Soldier Show packed a punch, its song-and-dance production this year is likely to yield a big round of applause at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. While the JBLM show date hasn't been released, we do know Pfc. Kiari Mhoon - Operation Rising Star finalist from JBLM
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As you know, the new McChord Field Commissary Club Store officially opened this morning at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. According to Sgt. James Bunn of the 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Victoria Rush, Defense Commissary Agency west zone 12 manager, announced the new club store is the first of its kind
