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Lewis-McChord Col. Darron Wright shares Iraq war's ugly, bad and good in memoir
Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago
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Darron Wright thought he knew who the bad guys were on his first deployment to Iraq. They were Sunni Muslim insurgents giving his soldiers hell in the communities around Saddam Husseins hometown. During his last Iraq tour six years later with a
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Back home, 3rd Brigade remembers
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
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Staff writer Published February 06, 2013 Sherry Wyatt sobbed Tuesday at a Joint Base Lewis-McChord memorial that seemed to pull her heart in two directions...Sterling Wyatt, killed in Afghanistan six months ago while serving with a Lewis-McChord
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Making families whole again
Baghdad :: Iraq | 6 months ago
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Staff writer Published December 01, 2012 What one word sums up your feelings about your father coming home from war? Chelsea Riley picked up a marker pen to answer the question, but she couldn't stop at a single word...Ian Riley during the holidays
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WSU advises Army on Afghan grapes
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 12 months ago
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A presentation developed at Washington State University teaches U.S. troops preparing for deployment to Afghanistan about that country's grape industry. The goal is to help soldiers avoid trampling all over Afghanistan's vineyards, and thus avoid the
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This time, Afghanistan focus
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 1 year ago
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Staff writer Published February 18, 2012 The last full Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigade to fight in Afghanistan left home on a confused footing nearly three years ago after a late Pentagon decision to scuttle the brigade's planned Iraq
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‘He would gladly do it again’
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | over 1 year ago
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David Johnson once called his assignment in southern Afghanistan an infantry leader's dream. When his Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigade hit the ground two months ago, Johnson commanded a platoon at a small combat outpost. It gave him the
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'Kill team' trials tested families; debts added up
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 1 year ago
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Staff writer Published February 12, 2012 At least the waiting is over. That's small consolation for friends and family of 12 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker soldiers who spent much of the past two years ensnared in a sprawling war crimes
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Crowded JBLM posted highs in 2011 for DUIs, misdemeanors
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 1 year ago
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Staff writer Published January 28, 2012 With a full base for the first time in a decade and more soldiers stationed here than ever before, Joint Base Lewis-McChord last year recorded new highs for misdemeanor crimes and for offenses involving driving
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Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier dies from injuries
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | over 1 year ago
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26 pm A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier died Sunday after sustaining injuries Jan. 9 in the Balkh province, Afghanistan. He sustained the injuries after his unit was attacked with small-arms fire, The United States Department of Defense reported.
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Killing warning missed in slayings of Afghan civilians
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 1 year ago
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Charles Roedes report primarily faults the noncommissioned officer who failed to act on a phone call he received Feb. 14, 2010, describing plots to kill Afghan civilians...James Michael Becks egregious error in judgment ensured that no one else
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