Heightened security at JBLM, Fairchild for 9-11
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Visitors to Joint Base Lewis-McChord now have to be sponsored by a Defense Department identification card holder to enter the base near Tacoma.
View ArticleStung by criticism, JBLM focuses on returning Guardsmen
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – More than 26-hundred National Guard soldiers from Oregon, Idaho and Montana are returning home from a year long deployment to Iraq . Their first stop is Joint Base...
View ArticleJBLM soldier killed in Afghanistan
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord died Saturday of combat injuries in Afghanistan.The Defense Department says 27-year-old Staff Sgt. Michael W. Hosey, 27, of...
View ArticleAnti-war veterans, widow want investigation into JBLM suicides
NEAR JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Some anti-war veterans – and an Army widow – are demanding a Congressional investigation into an apparent spike in suicides at Joint Base Lewis-McChord . So far...
View ArticleBoise soldier enters guilty plea in war crimes case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A 21-year-old soldier from Boise has pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder of an unarmed Afghan civilian.Private First Class Andrew Holmes entered his plea Thursday...
View ArticleJBLM soldiers returning from Iraq
As of Tuesday, nearly all of Joint Base Lewis McChord's soldiers will have left Iraq. A group of 170 soldiers is returning to JBLM on Tuesday. It includes members of the 17th Fires Brigade and 62nd...
View ArticleTwelve JBLM soldiers killed in Afghanistan since January
An Army combat engineer has become the 12th Washington-based soldier to die in Afghanistan this year. The pace of deaths has picked up in recent weeks as the summer fighting season begins.The Army says...
View ArticleArmy will seek death penalty against Washington soldier
The top forces commander at Washington’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord has decided to seek the death penalty against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. He’s the 39-year old soldier accused of murdering 16 Afghan...
View ArticleWomen soldiers reflect on new army career options
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - The Pentagon's decision to allow women in combat roles has some female soldiers rethinking their career trajectories.Army Spc. Heidi Olson received a Purple Heart last...
View ArticleJudge: Soldier premeditated Iraq killings
A military judge has found Army Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder in the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.Russell now faces a sentencing...
View ArticleArmy cutting a Stryker brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
The Army plans to eliminate one of the Stryker brigades at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of the reduction in forces as the war in Afghanistan comes to a close.Congressman Denny Heck was briefed on...
View ArticleObama: Medal of Honor Recipient Brave at War and at Home
At a White House ceremony Monday, President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, a Spokane native currently stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.Carter was honored...
View Article3 JBLM Soldiers Jailed in Fatal Stabbing of Fellow Soldier
Three Washington-based soldiers are in jail in connection with the stabbing death of a fellow soldier over the weekend. The arrests came after the soldier who allegedly wielded the knife sought medical...
View Article$2 Million Bail Set in Fatal Soldier Stabbing Case
A $2 million bail has been set for a soldier accused of fatally stabbing a fellow serviceman near a large Army base in Washington state.Prosecutors charged Jeremiah Hill, 23, with first-degree murder,...
View ArticleDeath Of Northwest Soldier In California Puts Army Training Accidents In...
The death of a soldier based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord over the weekend highlights the danger of training for war. Private Andrew Sass was killed Saturday in an incident at the National Training...
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