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The 7th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office has sad news to report: A 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division Soldier was killed during a training exercise at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., June 21. The Soldier has been identified as Pfc. Andrew J. Sass, 23, of Fremont,
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.21.14 >>> The House approved a $570 billion defense spending proposal on Friday that would save the A-10 aircraft fleet, prohibit another base closure round and reject most of the Pentagon's planned pay and benefits trims. Sunni fighters seized a border post on
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.20.14 >>> The US House of Representatives on Thursday evening, during deliberation on the fiscal 2015 defense spending bill, voted to block the US Air Force's plan to cut the entire A-10 fleet. The House late Thursday defeated an amendment from Rep. Barbara
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.19.14 >>> The Iraqi government has requested U.S. military airstrikes to help combat widespread violence in Iraq, led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. While fighters for the extremist Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have taken on the most
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The Department of Defense announced today 17 servicemembers have been recovered from a C-124 Globemaster aircraft that was lost on Nov. 22, 1952. U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lawrence S. Singleton, Pvt. James Green, Jr., and Pvt. Leonard A. Kittle; U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Earl J. Stearns; U.S. Navy Cmdr. Albert J.
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Clover Park School District tells us an awesome story before heading out on summer break. ... Soldiers from the 514th Medical Company stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) helped students at Tillicum Elementary with reading, math, science and other subjects at least once a month this year. Tillicum has always had
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.18.2014 >>> The CIA and other spy agencies are scrambling to close intelligence gaps as they seek ways to support possible military or covert action against the leaders of the al-Qaida-inspired militant group that has seized parts of Iraq and threatens Baghdad's
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.17.2014 >>> Sectarian violence reached Iraq's capital of Baghdad late Monday while Sunni militant forces grew closer to the city, The New York Times reports. Nearly 300 armed American forces are being positioned in and around Iraq to help secure U.S. assets as
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On the heels of the Washington State Department of Transportation's public presentation of ideas to fix the traffic hell outside the Joint Base Lewis-McChord gates comes a trifecta of public meetings centering on the JBLM Joint Land Use Study. The South Sound Military & Communities Partnership has released the dates.
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.14.14 >>> Kicking off observances for the Army 239th birthday, Army leaders paid tribute to the service's first commander-in-chief, and presented Purple Hearts to two Soldiers. Pro-Russian separatists shot down an army transport plane in east Ukraine, killing 49 servicemen and dealing a
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.13.14 >>> NORAD scrambled two F-22 Raptor and two F-15 Eagle fighters against a fleet of Russian bombers. Al-Qaida-inspired militants who seized large swaths of Iraq's Sunni heartland this week have pushed into an ethnically mixed province northeast of Baghdad, capturing two towns
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.12.14 >>> U.S. drones fired missiles at Taliban hideouts in Pakistan killing at least 10 militants in response to a deadly attack on Karachi airport in the first such raids by unmanned CIA aircraft in six months. On brink of disintegration: Another city
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.11.14 >>> Straight Talk: Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza discusses Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the community and the future. Senate Dems breaking with White House over plan to leave U.S. troops through 2016. Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group closed in on Iraq's biggest
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.10.2014 >>> Five American Special Operations service members were killed in southern Afghanistan. More violence erupts near Pakistan's busiest airport, Taliban vows full-out war. Islamic militants overran parts of Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, today, driving security forces from their posts and seizing the provincial
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.9.14 >>> Pakistani Taliban Attacks Karachi Airport: Militants armed with grenades and assault weapons dressed as security guards, killing 18 people in a retaliatory siege that lasted more than five hours. Top 10 conclusions about the VA crisis. U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.7.14 >>> GOP to Obama: Fix VA. Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give up Crimea and would not compromise on its path towards closer ties with Europe, using his inaugural speech to send a defiant message to Russia. Gunmen
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.6.14 >>> Hero student tackle gunman, saves Seattle Pacific University students. Department of Defense observes the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Veterans from the 29th Infantry Division returned to the shores of Omaha Beach at dawn today after 70 years - this time the storms
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.5.14 >>> A Navy jet crashed into the sea as it prepared to make a late-night landing on an aircraft carrier, but the pilot ejected and was listed in stable condition. A Marine jet crashed into a residential area and destroyed two homes
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.4.14 >>> Ayatollah Ali Khameni said in a speech he believes President Obama will not use force to stop Iran's nuclear program. Putin looks east to bolster ties with North Korea. The U.S. Air Force plans to temporarily deploy heavy bombers capable of delivering
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 6.3.14 >>> President Obama said he will ask Congress for $1 billion to bolster security for Poland and other nations in Europe in light of Russian aggression in Ukraine. Report: Chinese cruise missiles could pose biggest threat to U.S. carriers. The Department of Veterans
