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Report: JBLM's wartime growth was fifth fastest across entire military
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | 7 days ago
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PDT A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows that the number of civilian and military employees at Joint Base Lewis-McChord increased by almost 64 percent since 2006, a pace that marked the fourth-fastest clip for any domestic
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Don't train on animals, JBLM asked
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | 9 days ago
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PDT A Tacoma doctor and a medical ethics advocacy group are petitioning the Defense Department to halt exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in which airmen use live animals for training. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine wants the
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Crucial decision in Iraq murders court martial
Amarillo :: TX :: USA | 10 days ago
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Wash. (AP) A military judge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington could decide Monday whether an Army sergeant who fatally shot five fellow service members in Iraq acted with premeditation...The 14-year veteran from Sherman, Texas, already has
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Shootings were deadly betrayal by allies
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 11 days ago
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Staff writer Published May 12, 2013 The killers bided their time for days, then weeks, waiting for a moment when American soldiers would be vulnerable...Six soldiers in a Joint Base Lewis-McChord cavalry squadron had an overnight assignment at an
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Survivor of Baghdad fratricide saw gunman's boots and knew "it's one of our people"
Baghdad :: Iraq | 16 days ago
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Dominic Morales still hears an evil chuckle in his nightmares...John Russell emitted just before he shot another helpless, unarmed soldier in the face inside a Baghdad combat stress clinic four years ago...He was just a sitting duck, Morales
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Meridian soldier, 4 others from Fort Bliss die in Afghan blast
El Paso :: TX :: USA | 17 days ago
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Texas Military officials say five Fort Bliss soldiers have died in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan...Francis Gene Phillips IV of Meridian, N.Y.; and 24-year-old Spc...In another incident, a 30-year-old soldier from San Antonio died
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JBLM soldier dies from injuries sustained in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 21 days ago
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PDT A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier has died from wounds he suffered in Afghanistan, his family in Texas reported to local media this week...Simpson, 30, leaves behind a wife and two sons aged 3 and 1, according to the San Antonio Express-News...
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'Kill Team' documentary exploring JBLM war crimes earning acclaim
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | 23 days ago
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PDT Filmmaker Dan Krauss obtained unrivaled access to three Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers who in 2011 were convicted of murdering Afghan civilians during their deployment to Kandahar Province. His documentary looking at how the soldiers changed
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Some relief cited for Lakewood neighborhood plagued by cut-through traffic
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | 24 days ago
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PDT A Lakewood city official said some progress is being made in reducing cut-through traffic in a neighborhood north of American Lake adjacent to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. City officials will provide an update to neighbors during an open house
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Back from wars, troops feel mix of sadness, joy
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | 25 days ago
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Egbert Keil used to sing backup while his friend strummed a guitar at their small combat outpost in southern Afghanistan...He lost his close friend in September, when Taliban infiltrators in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on six U.S.
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