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Published March 25th, 2013 - 6:45AM

A Green Beret from Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s 1st Special Forces Group died Thursday from wounds he suffered earlier in the the week in eastern Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced today.

Silver Stars given to American heroes from JBLM

Published March 21st, 2013 - 1:51AM

Spc. Ricardo Cerros gave his life when he threw himself in the path of a grenade to protect two fellow soldiers a year and a half ago. They survived, and they credit the fallen 24-year-old soldier for keeping them alive.

Long-running conflict reshaped reputation, lives at Lewis-McChord

Published March 19th, 2013 - 6:26AM

Maj. Chuck Hodges wished he was in a different desert 10 years ago today.

Tacoma Vet Center goes mobile to provide care to Thurston County

Published March 14th, 2013 - 8:40PM

The Tacoma Vet Center is providing a more convenient option to veterans by bringing mobile counseling services and outreach programs to Thurston County.

No funding, no air rodeo at JBLM this summer

Published March 14th, 2013 - 7:48AM

The Pentagon is canceling a well-loved international Air Force competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord this summer, grounding the air mobility “rodeo” to save money.

Bales will get sanity review next week

Published March 14th, 2013 - 7:37AM

A U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians is expected to undergo a court-ordered review of his sanity beginning this weekend, after the military judge overseeing the case agreed that the results would not automatically be shared with prosecutors, his lawyers said Wednesday.

Federal budget cuts claim well-loved air mobility rodeo at JBLM

Published March 13th, 2013 - 3:24PM

The Pentagon is canceling a well-loved Air Force competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord this summer, grounding the air mobility “rodeo” to save money.

JBLM troops build to aid exit from Afghanistan

Published March 10th, 2013 - 3:47AM

FORWARD OPERATING BASE APACHE, Afghanistan - At FOB Apache, U.S. military engineers are frantically finishing a second chow hall and a new recreational building four times bigger than the old one. The gym will be expanded soon to more than double its size, and dozens of new tents and rows of gleaming white containerized housing units are sprouting to prepare for an influx of troops who'll raise the base's population from several hundred to a few thousand.

Army report stemming from Madigan complaints recommends overhaul of psychiatric programs

Published March 8th, 2013 - 6:37AM

The Army did not find a systemic bias against diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder in a deep review of its psychiatric programs dating back to the start of the war in Afghanistan that was prompted by complaints about doctors at Madigan Army Medical Center.

Neighbors ready for Friday opening of Camp Murray gate

Published March 7th, 2013 - 1:39AM

Camp Murray will open its new gate in Lakewood on Friday as some residents in the Tillicum neighborhood wait to see if their worst fears about increased traffic are borne out.

Expect loud noises from Joint Base Lewis-McChord Saturday from training exercise

Published March 1st, 2013 - 2:27PM

Don’t worry about any shooting or other loud noises heard coming from Joint Base Lewis-McChord this weekend.

Madigan's sequester plan could steer patients to doctors outside the hospital

Published March 1st, 2013 - 12:15PM

Forced federal budget cuts kicking in today could force some of the 120,000 people who get care through Madigan Army Medical Center to see doctors outside of the hospital because of probable furloughs for its civilian employees.

Army endorses once-suspended Madigan leader with extended command assignment

Published February 28th, 2013 - 11:14AM

The Army is giving Col. Dallas Homas an extra five months to command Madigan Army Medical Center, extending an assignment that was interrupted last year by an investigation into misdiagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder at the hospital.

Army bracing for budget cuts: Training, child care and more could be affected by April

Published February 27th, 2013 - 12:15PM

Forced Army budget cuts will show themselves in military communities like the South Sound in slashed paychecks to furloughed employees and reduced opportunities for private companies to work on bases, senior Army officers said in a Wednesday news conference.

JBLM soldier sentenced to life without parole in killing of wife, rape of teen

Published February 24th, 2013 - 7:05AM

A Joint-Base Lewis McChord soldier has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to stabbing his wife to death and raping her daughter.

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