Military Life
The Lewis Community Spouses Club (LCSC) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) has recently been selected to become part of Operation Deploy Your Dress (ODYD). Based out of Fort Bliss, Texas, ODYD was founded in December 2015 with a mission to work with generous people around the country to provide free
Outdoors
The four-cylinder, direct drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston driven Lycoming O-360 engine in the Cessna 172, coughed into action. As the engine evened off and took on a steady hum, an attendant pushed the aircraft away from the dock, and the aircraft began to taxi out into the open waters of
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Woody walked reverentially between the headstones in section 28B of the Tahoma National Cemetery. He carried a left armful of Christmas wreaths highlighted with a red bow. His black leather jacket spoke to his military service to the nation. "I've been coming here since 2008," said the Army veteran who served multiple tours
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The front door opened and out leaned Bessie Hubbard. "Hello there," she said with a smile. "Let me hug you; you know I'd like a little love." At 94 years young, her desire was understandable and reciprocated. The reason for being in her home had everything to do with her husband, SVC Edgar
Military Life
"One man's trash is another man's treasure." So the saying goes, but for the Puget Sound Treasure Hunters Club, everyone's trash is their treasure. Well, maybe not all of the trash is technically treasure - the market for old pull tabs, beer cans and other detritus that would set off
Tacoma Week In Review
Digital Billboards Outrage over the potential installment of digital billboards in Tacoma has been building since at least July, when the Tacoma City Council agreed to settle a 2007 federal lawsuit brought against the city by Clear Channel (Clear Channel claimed Tacoma's anti-billboard ordinance, adopted in 1997, violated the company's right
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With its ongoing efforts to help the military earn a college degree, Pierce College has provided classes online, eliminated the costs of textbooks and provided on-campus tutors. The end goal has always been to help service men get a degree, not to increase enrollment. But Pierce College recently received an unintended
Family
An elegant and sophisticated production, with just the right amount of amateur charm, delighted hundreds of audience members Dec. 9 and Saturday as Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s SKIES Unlimited put on the timeless classic “The Nutcracker.” The more than 40-member cast of children and adults pirouetted and promenaded,
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ELMA - In light of recent world events, the abilities of an Army unit to respond to a situation involving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents has become more significant to contain a disaster of a large or small magnitude. The 61st Chemical Company Bulldogs, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, participated in
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The Titans of Charlie Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, I Corps, huddled around their platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Williams, as he set the scenario for their next simulated convoy mission at Joint Base Lewis-McChord May 10. "The mission briefing is as follows," Williams said. Transport two colonels to the
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Staff Sergeant Keven Blackwell uses lingo some Airmen might not be accustomed to like "fourth point of contact," "high speed" and "hooah." That's because Blackwell is a former Army medic now serving in his role as an Air Force network infrastructure technician with the Western Air Defense Sector. The computer
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The email said to write about five different things to do with your kids over the holidays. Does tying them up with five different colors of duct tape and leaving them in their rooms for five days count? Probably not. OK. So you're stuck with the urchins and need something to do. What
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Christmas specials have been a holiday staple since the advent of television. In many cases, the original shows that spawned them - along with some of the cast members - have long since gone away, but the lone Christmas special remains, gracing our screens each year and serving as a
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The PME Hard Gauntlet is tough.Created by CMS John Troxell, the "Physically, Mentally, Emotionally Hard" Gauntlet is designed to work more than the muscles used on the Army Physical Fitness Test."The intent to to give soldiers the core strength they need to face anything on the battlefield," Troxell, I Corps
News Front
There are individuals who have the talent to understand a concept and then improve it. What's more, some of these people use their innovation in a way to help others do their jobs. These few folks are leaders, and one such individual is Scott Plocar, recently named Air Force Reserve Command's Outstanding
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Teresa "Flying Eagle" Baird knows what it is to lose someone to post-traumatic stress disorder. In 1987, her husband William Baird, a veteran of the Vietnam War, took his own life after struggling with PTSD. But Baird was determined not to let this tragedy be the end of the story.
Operation Family Support
With summer nearly upon us, I know we are all busily planning our summer activities to take advantage of some well-earned time off with family and friends. While there are many great deals available to our military members and families thanks to the generosity of our communities, I wanted to
