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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.16.14 >>> The senior enlisted soldier for 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment has died from wounds suffered in Afghanistan. The results of a much-anticipated government investigation into charges of scheduling fraud at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System will not be out
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.15.14 >>> More than 20 people were killed in Vietnam and a huge foreign steel project set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the centre of the country. China-Russia alliance shrouded in mystery. Meaningful military compensation reform is likely years away. American, Lithuanian forces begin
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.14.14 >>> A nightmare group in Syria could target the U.S. The escalating sanctions war between the U.S. and Russia has claimed its latest victim, with potentially devastating long-term implications for the sole provider of military launch for the US Air Force. Rockets are
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.13.14 >>> U.S., China spar again on South China Sea dispute. The VA health care system has so many perverse incentives that it may have actually given rewards to those who treated veterans the worst. Iran's purported reverse-engineered copies of the Lockheed Martin RQ-170
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.12.14 >>> Ukraine rebels claim victory. Militants carried out a deadly attack on a government building in eastern Afghanistan and fired rockets near Kabul's main airport today as the Taliban began their annual spring offensive. The Defense Department is calling on Congress to authorize
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.10.2014 >>> A large-scale military operation is underway as Iraqi government forces attempt to reclaim the embattled city of Fallujah. U.S. Special Operations Forces leaders are shifting their strategic posture to the Pacific and regions where Al Qaeda affiliates are seeking safe haven. The
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What's better than a Armed Forces Day at Joint Base Lewis-McChord? JBLM hosting a Military Retiree Appreciation Day the day before. ... JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash - Joint Base Lewis-McChord will host its annual Military Retiree Appreciation Day event Friday, May 16, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at American Lake
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FRIDAY, MAY 9 2014 >>> 1. The West have been working at carving their place in the still-burgeoning indie dance-rock scene since 2011, steadily working to refine their air-tight grooves. There's a jubilance lurking in the back of even their most post-punk indebted compositions that charmingly calls
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.9.14 >>> The Taliban have announced their 2014 "spring offensive" will begin imminently. Putin marks victory in Crimea, more bloodshed in Ukraine. CIA, U.S. military at odds over Afghanistan pullback plan. House Republicans rammed through a measure opening a new investigation of the deadly assault
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.8.14 >>> The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a measure that would authorize just over $600 billion in 2015 U.S. defense spending and block plans to retire the A-10 attack plane. House panel pulls BRAC from budget. Powerful factions in Congress are moving
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.7.14 >>> NATO turns to airlift following increased convoy attacks in Pakistan. Vietnam and China face off in South China Sea. The commander of U.S. air forces in the Pacific is reporting a significant increase in activities by Russian planes and ships in the
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The 2014 U.S. Army Soldier Show tour schedule has been released. From a poem scratched by a prisoner on the back of an envelope during the War of 1812 to troops smart-phoning home from Baghdad, the 2014 U.S. Army Soldier Show brings the enduring story of how soldiers and their
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.6.14 >>> Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier, civilian earn 2014 Secretary of the Army Awards. House lawmakers released a $521 billion blueprint for the 2015 defense budget that rejects most of the Pentagon's cost-saving proposals. The U.S. House Armed Services Committee wants to shift billions
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.5.14 >>> The deaths of more than 40 pro-Russian activists in a burning building during clashes in Odessa last week have injected new venom into the fight for Ukraine. Bipartisan call for more Russian sanctions as battles rage in Odessa, Ukraine. The CIA is
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Margo Myers was on the scene at yesterday's Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Combined Graduation Recognition Ceremony inside the Sharon McGavick Conference Center at Clover Park Technical College. She has the scoop on several of the Brandman University graduates, of which 70 received diplomas. She files the following report. ... Among the graduates
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.3.14 >>> At least 42 people were killed in street battles between supporters and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine, bringing the country closer to war. The Kremlin is receiving "thousands" of calls for assistance from Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine. The United States
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1st Lt. Zachary Simons from the 2-2 SBCT files this report: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division is slated to deploy to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., later this summer, where it will certify as a globally-available and regionally-aligned combat
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.2.14 >>> Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian helicopters today, killing two crew. NATO official: Russia undermining global security. U.S. military personnel knew early on that the Benghazi attack was a "hostile action" and not a protest gone awry, according to a retired general
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 5.1.14 >>> Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno say the fiscal year 2015 Army budget submitted to Congress "is lean, stark but critical to meeting the needs of our nation and our soldiers." Air
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This just in from the 7th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office: Approximately 50 Soldiers from the 787th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 3rd EOD Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, will case the unit colors Thurs., May 1, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan. The ceremony
