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This week the nation's lawmakers are weighing a plan to reverse a recently passed cut to military pensions as the price for increasing the government's borrowing cap. The cuts to cost-of-living pension increases for military retirees under the age of 62 were part of December's budget agreement. Obviously, it sparked
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 2.10.14 >>> Car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two United States contractors for the international security force ISAF today. The Obama administration is considering lethal force against an American citizen overseas who has allegedly been working with al Qaeda. The U.S. and South
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This just in from the 7th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office: A 7th Infantry Division Soldier killed Feb. 6 in a traffic accident on Interstate 5 has been identified as Pvt. Reymon B. Tolentino, 28, of Skokie, Ill. Tolentino was on a transport bus returning from the Seattle-Tacoma International airport when the
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 2.8.14 >>> Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hints at hiring an ethics enforcer for the military. Hagel also officially announced the president had nominated Robert Work as deputy secretary of defense. The incoming No. 2 American commander in Afghanistan said today that his immediate
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Gen. Mark Welsh III became the Air Force's 20th Chief of Staff in August 2012. Then, like his fellow Chiefs, he had to deal with Congress and budgets. About 150,000 of his civilians were furloughed. Sequestration forced him to pencil out modernization against readiness. Next, he had to deal with
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This morning the new USO Northwest SeaTac Center received the teak decking of the WWII battleship USS Colorado (BB-45) donated by Boeing. There were more then 75 people in attendance, including TSA, Port of Seattle representatives, Boeing employees, USO volunteers and board and two crewmembers from the USS Colorado with their families. United States Navy Petty
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It was announced Tuesday, Nov. 6 that Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, who assumed command of I Corps in July 2012, would be moving on. Brown has spent the last 18 months redirecting I Corps' focus to the Pacific Rim. He also used his position on the base to work on
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You want to know who knows all the gossip on Joint Base Lewis McChord? The barbers at the JBLM North Fort Barber Shop chat with soldiers all day long. Sgt. James Bunn of the 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment dropped in on the barbershop to chat with the barbers and
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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service wants to know the vivid details of the homecoming celebration with your servicemember honey. "We are excited to hear and share stories of support and homecoming," said the Exchange's Chief of Staff Col. Tom Ockenfels in a news release. "We are grateful for military
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Airmen and soldier put the "joint" in Joint Base Lewis-Mcchord last week when six McChord C-17 Globemaster III aircraft transported 12 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and more than 100 personnel from the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment to Schoonover, Calif., for a weeklong exercise to sharpen hands-on training
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 2.7.14 >>> The Pentagon comptroller compared getting the department audit-ready to "pushing a heavy block across sandpaper," but said the department was making major progress on getting there by 2017. The military sexual assault debate is back in the Senate after a brief
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Last Sunday Camp Murray erupted in cheer as the Seattle Seahawks played a scrimmage team from Denver, Colo. This Sunday, Feb. 9, Camp Murray will erupt with cannons. No, forces from Silcox Island won't be returning volleys, but rather the Washington Army National Guard will fire a cannon salute at approximately
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If you have been living in a cave the last few days, a) you're probably in bad shape due to the cold weather and b) you might notice something different about Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza. First, Lanza has been promoted to lieutenant general. Second, he's probably a little haggard from going
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This just in ... Governor Inslee is deeply saddened with the death of U.S. Air Force Captain Christopher Stover, 28, of Vancouver, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory Sunday, February 9, 2014. He died January 7
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The 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord is at at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif, participating large-scale, conventional warfare training with offensive and defensive operations. A NTC first happened during the 3-2 SBCT's rotation. Soldiers assigned
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Air Force officials recently released the winners of the 2013 Air Mobility Command Safety Awards and Joint Base Lewis-McChord came away with a team and individual award. The 62nd Airlift Wing won the AMC Distinguished Ground Safety Award for large wings and Thomas E. Thompson, 62nd AW, won AMC's
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 2.6.14 >>> Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is deeply troubled by the ethical behavior of servicemembers, following several recent Air Force and Navy investigations into drug use and cheating on qualification exams. Ya think? House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday unveiled a
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The Seattle Seahawks celebrate their Super Bowl XLVIII victory over the Denver Broncos in force today as the entire team has made its way through downtown Seattle on Humvees and Light Medium Tactical Vehicles with spectators lining the streets. Soldiers and airmen in the Washington National Guard transported the players,
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 2.5.14 >>> Footage has emerged showing the Syrian regime using explosive "barrel bombs" on civilian neighborhoods, killing hundreds, while its representatives attended peace talks at Geneva. Pakistan's government reportedly made the request as it pursues peace talks with the Taliban. President Obama called his
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It was announced Nov. 6, 2013, that Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, who assumed command of I Corps in July 2012, would be moving on to the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., which educates and develops Army leaders. Stepping into the I Corps command role would be Maj. Gen.
