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More military news: For your local military news visit the Northwest Guardian. The authorized newspaper of Fort Lewis, Wash.
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Stryker Brigade HEADLINES
Published June 23rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
A Catholic priest who was critically injured while deployed with his Fort Lewis unit died Saturday, more than five years after his Humvee struck a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Published June 22nd, 2009 - 12:05AM
The infantry company approached unseen through the thick of the forest. Inside one building in the mock village on Fort Lewis sat the target of the day’s raid. Ten other men sporting Taliban-style robes and assault rifles roamed the streets.
Published June 20th, 2009 - 12:05AM
About 3,900 soldiers formally said their goodbyes Friday at Fort Lewis, days before deploying on what will be the first Afghanistan assignment for a Stryker brigade and the largest troop commitment from the local Army post to the South Asian country.
Published June 18th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Lt. Col. Danny Dudek paced the dew-covered grass of Fort Lewis’ Watkins Field, inspecting his troops during a ceremony marking a change of command for his unit.
Published June 11th, 2009 - 8:25AM
More than 300 armored Stryker vehicles belonging to Fort Lewis' 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division begin arriving in Afghanistan this week.
Published May 16th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Sgt. Christopher Osborne was riding in a Stryker through Baghdad’s International Zone when his view went black.
Published April 25th, 2009 - 12:05AM
It was a somewhat low-key event Friday as Fort Lewis soldiers preparing to go to Afghanistan said goodbye to the Puyallup community that has embraced them.
Published April 8th, 2009 - 7:36PM
Tuesday’s crash on Highway 507 involving a Fort Lewis Stryker vehicle was the first fatal collision the Army post has seen involving its flagship vehicle, officials said Wednesday.
Published February 18th, 2009 - 12:05AM
Fort Lewis will send one of its famed Stryker brigades to Afghanistan for the first time as part of troop reinforcements ordered Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
Published January 23rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
The Iraqi police chief wanted the American soldiers to build a wall to protect his officers from sniper fire.
Published November 3rd, 2007 - 11:00PM
The bomb, two large artillery shells buried at the side of the road, exploded just a few feet in front of the Stryker.
Published November 3rd, 2007 - 11:00PM
Sgt. Brian Kerrigan and Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Du were hit Aug. 23 a few miles out of Balad, Iraq, as they and the rest of their Stryker brigade were making it back to Baghdad.
Published April 25th, 2007 - 1:00AM
One was remembered as quiet and reserved, older than most of his fellow soldiers, a man who grew up without a father but who acted like one to those close to him.



 
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