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OK, it's not officially Demolitions Day at Joint Base Lewis-McChord tomorrow. Increased levels of activity will be noticed during the evening hours, and demolitions and C4 firings will be conducted from one range on base. According to JBLM PAO, "This is normally scheduled and required training, which allows military members to
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.9.14 >>> A Marine at Camp Lejeune shot and killed another Marine at the facility's main gate Tuesday afternoon. U.S. won't share invasion intel with Ukraine. Navy and Marines still unclear how Army will fit into Pacific Pivot. Odierno: Army faces "tough" choices in uncertain fiscal
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.8.2014 >>> The Army's assistant secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment told senators that the Army needs another round of base realignment and closure in 2017. Nearly 80 U.S. sailors are seeking $1 billion from the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima Dai-ichi
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Kids aren't the only ones with summer break on the brain. The Clover Park School District has announced administrative changes that will go into effect July 1, 2014, including changes at Joint Base Lewis-McChord: Meghan Eakin, current principal of Beachwood Elementary School, will be the principal of the new Meriwether
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.7.14 >>> Snowden was awarded for sparking a transformative debate about surveillance programs. Two F-16s were scrambled after the aircraft strayed into restricted airspace over D.C. On average, military bases are safer than similarly sized American cities. The violence at Fort Hood may best
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.5. 14 >>> The Army released the names of the three soldiers killed by Army Spc. Ivan Lopez during a shooting spree Wednesday at Fort Hood, Texas, before Lopez, 34, turned the gun on himself. The latest shooting at Fort Hood highlights the
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.4.14 >>> Army mourning loss of soldiers at Fort Hood. One of the three soldiers killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood died while trying to hold a door shut that would have led the gunman to a room packed with military
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Karma is complicated. Especially when you apply it to cookies. Baking cookies for neighbors? Good karma. Buying cookies for yourself? Maybe not-so-good karma. Buying other people cookies? Probably pretty-good karma. Throwing cookies at your enemies? Bad karma. Donating 129,210 boxes of cookies, valued at $574,472 to the men and women
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.2.14 >>> Russia has massed all the forces it needs on Ukraine's border if it were to decide to carry out an "incursion" into the country and it could achieve its objective in three to five days. NATO foreign ministers moved to beef
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 4.1.14 >>> The Navy lifted a lockdown at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor after ordering personnel to shelter in place for nearly two hours. CIA officer confirmed no protests before misleading Benghazi account given. Sequestration would degrade military readiness, senior military officials recently told a Senate
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While the weather doesn't seem ready to share warmer temperatures, it is technically spring, which for the South Sound means one thing: the Spring Fair in Puyallup. This 25-year tradition is back at the downtown fairgrounds April 10 to 13 with food, rides, livestock and performances. All military servicemembers, retirees, disabled
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.31.14 >>> Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are advancing far different proposals on how to calm tensions and de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine as Russia continues to mass troops along its border with the former Soviet
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.29.14 >>> Obama asked the Russia leader to withdraw troops during a phone call initiated by Putin. A primal instinct was behind Russia's annexation of Crimea, and its one shared by other powers. Pentagon to adapt drones for tougher aerial battles. The U.S. Army's top
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.28.2014 >>> The Air Force has relieved nine officers, allowed a commander to retire and will discipline 91 others as a result of a cheating scandal among intercontinental ballistic missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The Army and NATO are
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.27.14 >>> A new classified intelligence assessment concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine. President Obama and European leaders pledged to bolster the NATO alliance and vowed that Russia would not be allowed to run
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.26.14 >>> Army leaders push for another BRAC round. Congress' multiple investigations of the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, have cost the Pentagon millions of dollars and thousands of hours of personnel time. The bilateral security agreement between
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.25.2014 >>> Aboard a guided-missile destroyer docked at the world's largest naval base, a sailor was fatally shot and security forces killed the lone suspect late Monday. Pres. Obama to call for end to N.S.A.'s bulk data collection. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.24.14 >>> Ukraine evacuated its troops from Crimea, as Russians stormed a marine base. A deepening crisis in Ukraine has sharpened the defense policy of NATO member states in Eastern Europe, with the Estonia prime minister calling for higher military spending and Poland
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GRAB A CUP AND READ THE MORNING REPORT FOR 3.22.14 >>> Russian troops have surrounded a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea and issued an ultimatum to forces inside to surrender. Would America go to war with Russia? Boeing's new refueling tanker program will cost $1.1 billion more than initially planned. The Defense Department has spent
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Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, announced the 2013 AMC Outstanding Airmen of the Year during a command-wide video teleconference at Scott Air Force Base today. Master Sgt. Marc R. Sellers, of the 62nd Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Lewis McChord, was named Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
