A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier was killed Thursday in Afghanistan, the fourth JBLM soldier to die there in a week.
A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier died in Afghanistan Thursday, the fourth JBLM soldier to die there since May 18.
Even as the war in Afghanistan is featured less often on evening newscasts or front pages of our newspapers, Americans still involved in the fight continue to die there, deepening the pool of Memorial Day remembrances.
A junior Army officer from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday just a few months into his first combat tour, the U.S. military announced.
Neighbors opposed to the new gate being constructed at Camp Murray will consider whether to go to court to derail the project after a hearing examiner dismissed their appeal Tuesday.
Uncle Sam may not want you after all.
Gov. Chris Gregoire is headed to Washington, D.C., to urge key senators to stop proposed cuts next year to the Air National Guard.
Two Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers were killed Friday in combat in eastern Afghanistan.
Two Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers have died in combat in Afghanistan. Sgt. Michael J. Knapp and Sgt. Jabraun S. Knox were mortally wounded Friday when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire in Asadabad.
A disabled veteran has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider anew whether states violate federal law when they allow divorce courts to count a veteran’s disability compensation in calculating spousal support.
An Army sergeant accused of killing five U.S. service members in the deadliest act of fratricide in the Iraq War is being held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and faces murder charges there – even though he was never stationed there.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — It was early in the morning, perhaps 2 a.m., when gunfire awakened 14-year-old Rafiullah.
Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut stood his ground, whether he was a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker soldier on a combat tour or he was training to become one.
The story that Rafiullah and Haji Mohammad Naim told McClatchy is the first public account by survivors in their village of the March night when a man shot and killed 17 people in two Afghan villages. U.S. officials have accused Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of the massacre.
More than 3,000 South Sound area military retirees or their beneficiaries are expected to attend Friday’s annual appreciation event at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is holding a memorial service Wednesday for a soldier who was killed April 30 in Afghanistan.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct late-night firing on Tuesday and Wednesday. The firing of a 155mm Howitzer will take place throughout the day, and should be completed by midnight each day.
Staff Sgt. Chris Miller smiles when he says he and his wife, Sarah, “bucked the trend” and kept their relationship together through four deployments in the past 10 years.
Maj. Dave Polizzotti used to balance his family finances. He has not touched a checkbook in a decade.
Resilient, tough, experienced, professional. The Army uses words like these to describe U.S. soldiers in the post-9/11 era who have had to adapt to the new normal of repeat combat tours. The same words apply to the spouses, children and other loved ones of oft-deployed troops.
Sgt. Jeremy Spradlin didn’t want to go to Afghanistan this time. He’s on his sixth overseas deployment of the past 11 years. The time away from family is taking its toll in moments he’s missing with his teenage son and mornings he’s waking up without his wife of 16 years.
After a decade of marriage to an Army officer, Tommie Polizzotti has learned that her life must roll on no matter how much change her husband’s career requires.
Sarah Miller counts time in bite-sized chunks.
With an iPhone app, she tracks the days until a trip home to California and a visit to Disneyland. How long until Father’s Day? Fourth of July? Her husband Chris’ birthday?
RICHMOND, Calif. – Firing its 16-inch guns in the Arabian Sea, the USS Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its active duty as it escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war.
The aviators who landed Friday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord made some history: They flew the first Apache attack helicopters to be stationed there.
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