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Several things have occurred to me since I stopped watching television: 1. Poor Gilligan was kept down by the man. 2. Everything useful I know I learned from watching cartoons. 3. The marimba kicks ass. The last one might shock a few. It’s true. I was forced to watch the Lawrence Welk Show as
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At 2,000 feet, the Fokker C-31A slipped in and out of the greyish-white clouds covering McChord Field the morning of July 22. At the back of the plane, the wind whipped in at around 120 knots through the two open troop doors. At times, McChord Field was visible; at others it disappeared
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It didn't take long for Army veteran Matt DeTienne to get hooked on Airsoft. After a general discharge from the Army in September 2010, DeTienne, a Lakewood resident, stumbled upon a new community of military veterans and Servicemembers involved in Airsoft, a simulated combat activity. Airsoft is a recreational activity where opponents
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Looking for kid’s music? Sure, you can peruse your local record store, but why not check out Wind Up Here, a family owned specialty toy store in Olympia? A small, but wonderful selection of kid’s CDs graces the countertop at Wind Up Here. From Johnny Cash Children’s Songs, to Caspar
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - "I hate my life," can be a thought dwelling in the mind of a soldier during a deployment, while working late or when fronted by any unpleasant circumstance. When soldier's are caught in those violent storms of misery, anger and
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Blue bagged and carried off site? Blogger “Wild Celtic Rose” talked about a camping trip she went on this weekend in Vantage, Wash., where their human waste (poop) had to be blue bagged and carried offsite. Say what? Apparently the porta-potties were overflowing with human waste and hadn’t been attended to
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Blue bagged and carried off site? Blogger “Wild Celtic Rose” talked about a camping trip she went on this weekend in Vantage, Wash., where their human waste (poop) had to be blue bagged and carried offsite. Say what? Apparently the porta-potties were overflowing with human waste and hadn’t been attended to
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE LAGMAN, Afghanistan - Throughout Afghanistan, platoons of male soldiers from the Afghan and American forces conduct daily patrols. Over the course of the patrols there always exists the possibility of encountering women, given they make up nearly half the population of Afghanistan. The
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - An improvised 10-kiloton nuclear detonation has occurred somewhere close to Indianapolis, and the casualties are massive - at least, that's the training scenario for which elements of 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade, will provide mission command, health service support
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JOINT BASE-LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash. - U.S. Army soldiers from the Washington National Guard's 176th Engineer Company (Vertical), Headquartered in Snohomish, Wash., used their construction skills during annual training to rebuild and improve recreational facilities for fellow soldiers and their family members on Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
Schools
Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Clover Park School District broke ground on the future site of JBLM's Hillside Elementary School Monday, signifying the official start of a yearlong construction project to completely rebuild Hillside and Carter Lake Elementary Schools. Leadership from the installation and Department of the Army,
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The Soldiers of the 513th Transportation Company, 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 593rd Sustainment Brigade, did something rare during their deployment. The "Roadrunners" served in three theaters, accomplishing myriad tasks, each with their own unique challenges, said Lt. Col. Douglas Henry, 13th CSSB commander. They were
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When Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Ordnance Battalion, cased their guidon July 27, Spc. David Langley came one step closer to a busy year in Afghanistan. "The way things are right now, I don't think it's going to be, like, too chaotic, but definitely
Health
Warriors don't like to admit problems with stress, anxiety, depression or even PTSD. If they did, many don't know who to trust with their problems, or just try to bury it. Now, two new smart mobile applications can help individuals cope with those challenges of military life.
