Defense Secretary Leon Panetta plans to visit Naval Base Kitsap today to meet with sailors deploying to the Persian Gulf four months earlier than they expected.
A Joint Base Lewis-McChord man died Monday night when his motorcycle crashed in his hometown of Gig Harbor.
A Stryker sergeant from Joint Base Lewis-McChord died in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
A veteran Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician from Des Moines was among seven American service members killed Aug. 16 in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, the Pentagon announced Monday.
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