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Editor's Note: This article is Part I of a series highlighting unique opportunities available to servicemembers as a result of joint basing. The U.S. Air Force's Security Forces has a long history dating back to World War II. Since 1942, the team we used to identify as the Army Air Forces
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"Where words fail, music speaks," Hans Christian Andersen. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Scott Pierson, commander of the 133rd Army National Guard Band, knows this quote to be true. For the past 11 years, he has seen his group of Guard musicians wow crowds in communities throughout the state. Pierson, not only the
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Soldiers of 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team began the first phase of adopting the Army Combat Fitness Test when a U.S. Army Physical Fitness School mobile training team from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, travelled to JBLM to train graders from the field test battalions in the brigade, Oct. 22 to
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The Army and Air Force Exchange Service's senior enlisted advisor is ensuring soldiers, airmen and military families stay ready and resilient with BE FIT options in Joint Base Lewis-McChord's restaurants, Expresses and Lewis Main Exchange. During his visit to JBLM Nov. 6 and 7, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes
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Garrison Community Updates are hosted monthly by the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Garrison Command Team. The purpose of these meetings is to keep servicemembers, employees and spouses updated as to what is happening on JBLM. This month's update recognized the runners who had trained for and participated in the Army 10-Miler Race. The
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A JBLM flyer on Facebook indicates that the free troops for troops E-5 and below will be Dec. 8 at 10 am at the American Lake Club on a first come first-served basis. See the flyer HERE (click)
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WASHINGTON -- The United States Army announced today that it is adopting an iconic uniform -- the "Army Greens" -- as its new service uniform. This is the uniform worn by America's "Greatest Generation" in World War II. The current Army Blues Uniform will return to
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My initial reaction to Rebecca Raven’s paintings at Childhood’s End Gallery was that they are a little too precious and way too gimmicky. Ten of her 11 gemlike paintings employ variations of a single gimmick. Raven’s pictures are painted in oil on small copper plates that are framed by exquisitely crafted
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Last Saturday I joined a group of fellow gussied-up folks for an evening called Inspired Elegance, a fashion show fund-raiser for Tacoma Art Place, which took place at Stadium Bistro. This night consisted of five amazing courses of fine food and wine and elegant fashions designed by students from the Tacoma
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Let the holiday packing of the pounds begin! I've shoveled enough bite-sized candies into my gaping maw that my sweet tooth is officially satiated for about four months. I can't resist those tiny little chocolates calling my name from the kids overpriced Halloween bucket. My mind is now set on
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ANNOUNCER: It seems there is a Korean fusion theme that continues this week as Dutch goes solo to give Mex-Asian a shot at Takos Koreanos in South Tacoma. The owners have taken an idea they played with in Chicago and turned it into a full fledge concept restaurant here in
Travel
Seattle is a major draw for servicemembers and their families requesting Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The city is famous for the Space Needle, MonoRail, and Pike's Place Market, as well as its influential coffee and music scenes. The city is also made up of many historical neighborhoods with off the charts
Military Life
In 2002, when retired Master Sgt. Ellen Laguatan, owner, OCD Candy Company was still serving in the Air Force, she used to keep a jar of candy on her desk. Due to her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, she kept the candy color coordinated and organized. Her co-workers' favorite activity was
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This year, the popular TedXTacoma is bringing together members of the community, both military and civilian, to talk about diversity, change and community. There are as many advantages as disadvantages for communities set among, near and beside military installations. The abundance of traffic and the transient populations are only two
Music
There's a band called Greta Van Fleet that's currently experiencing a bit of a moment in the sun. With the release of their debut album, they've been topping Billboard's rock charts and continuing to gain a sizable fan base. Good for them! Unfortunately, the backlash has already begun to set
Arts
The exhibition Familiar Faces & New Voices: Surveying Northwest Art has been on display since this past spring but has not received the fanfare of blockbuster shows like Art AIDS America or Hide/Seek or 2015's Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition. But it is a solid and historically important show highlighting works by
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What really happened to make Ebenezer Scrooge change his mind about Christmas, or did he really change his mind at all? Maybe he decided it had all been a dream after all. What else could explain why many years later he could be so stingy as to refuse to give
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The Nutcracker is one of those stories that seems destined to never truly leave the public consciousness, having been adapted to ballet from an Alexandre Dumas story, which itself was an adaptation of an E.T.A. Hoffman story, back in the late 19th century. Since then, it's endured innumerable permutations for
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This is the year Olympia Film Society's annual film festival hit the big time. It was named one of the coolest festivals in the world by MovieMaker magazine, which noted, "The audiences are real movie lovers." The festival runs Friday, Nov. 9, through Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Capitol Theater. Adding