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Winter comes calling

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Soldiers with 557th Engr. Co., 864th Engr. Bn., work along Eighth Street Monday near Building 2027 on JBLM Lewis Main, cleaning up debris from last week’s winter storm. Photo by Scott Hansen/Northwest Guardian.

Servicemembers, civilians and their families continue to rebound from a winter weather wallop that hit Joint Base Lewis-McChord, along with the greater Puget Sound region last week. Since the storm arrived early Jan. 18, troops and civilians worked around the clock to restore operations to an installation that had closed to non-essential personnel through Jan. 20.

Published: 03:06PM January 27th, 2012

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Published: 04:13PM January 26th, 2012

SAN ANTONIO — Army Reserve Sgt. Melissa Neal, a former active-duty Soldier and current military wife and mother, added Operation Rising Star winner to her repertoire Dec. 17 at Fort Sam Houston Theatre.

Published: 12:29PM January 23rd, 2012

Joint Base Lewis-McChord continues to have its share of VIP visits, but when a group includes a sophisticated pig named Olivia, a needy bear and his friends, along with an army of mosaic penguins, kids like Anna Grace Rasberry, 4, can’t be expected to miss it. She was one of several JBLM children on hand for “Storytime” at the McChord Field library, Jan. 12.

Published: 12:01PM January 23rd, 2012

Sergeant Kristen Collison knows that in the Army being a Soldier comes first.

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Winter comes calling

Published: 05:45PM January 26th, 2012

As snow and ice pummeled the Puget Sound last week, Joint Base Lewis-McChord sprang to action to clear snow and fallen limbs from the road, as well as restore power to the installation.

Published: 05:40PM January 26th, 2012

WASHINGTON — Some Soldiers will need to make a reenlistment decision by Monday or they won’t get to stay in the Army.

Published: 05:37PM January 26th, 2012

WASHINGTON — Airmen will play an important role in the joint team’s effort to achieve the priorities laid out in the new defense strategic guidance, according to the Air Force’s top uniformed officer.

Published: 05:33PM January 26th, 2012

The Joint Base Lewis-McChord community was reminded of the power inherent in social media sites like Facebook in sharing timely information during a massive winter storm that swept across Western Washington last week.

Let the gaming begin

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Warrior Zone

Published: 03:35PM January 26th, 2012

** The ceremony time was changed from 2 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27. The gaming tournament and food sampling will now be at 2 p.m. **

Published: 03:26PM January 26th, 2012

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Needless drowning deaths of hunters who fall into lakes and streams can be prevented with a little preparation and fast thinking, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District.

Published: 03:23PM January 26th, 2012

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Jason Fabian scored two goals and Air Force never trailed in a 4-2 win over Army in an Atlantic Hockey Association game Saturday, Jan. 21, at a sold out Tate Rink in West Point, N.Y.

Published: 03:12PM January 26th, 2012

Ski n’ board Summit Jan. 28. $40. Spend a fun day on the slopes at the Summit at Snoqualmie Saturday, Jan. 28. (Transportation only: $20).

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CAMP TAJI, IRAQ

Published: 05:01PM January 26th, 2012

WASHINGTON — Recent news items about the use of Army medical evacuation, or MEDEVAC, helicopters in Afghanistan contain troubling information.

Published: 11:52AM January 23rd, 2012

Life as an Airman in service to our country is honorable and rewarding. There is no higher calling than to be a part of a group of Americans who pledged their lives in our country’s defense. This choice is definitely not for the faint of heart. It takes an exceptional person just to earn the title of Airman, officer or enlisted, and the demands continue to grow the longer we serve. If you are charged with leading other Airmen, whether as a first-line supervisor, NCOIC, flight chief, commander, etc., you have a solemn obligation to serve those you lead with high standards and expectations, true compassion, up-to-date guidance, genuine caring, and most important, by splendid example. Our opstempo remains high, with a number of Airmen continuing to deploy at greater than a 1:1 deploy/dwell ratio. If you are not currently deployed, you are carrying heavier buckets of water because many of your teammates are “downrange.” We have been executing missions in Afghanistan for over 10 years now and we just completed our mission in Iraq after nearly nine years. Many Airmen have deployed “outside the wire,” many in harm’s way. Sadly, a number of our Airmen have joined our Soldier, Sailor, and Marine brothers and sisters in the ranks of wounded warriors. And tragically, we have had brave Airmen give the last full measure of devotion to our country.

Published: 11:50AM January 23rd, 2012

First of all, Happy New Year to all of you wonderful, professional and hard-working Airmen who call McChord Field and the Pacific Northwest home. What you have accomplished over the past year has been nothing short of remarkable. In this short commentary, I want to briefly talk about something that I am fairly passionate about: Servant Leadership.

Published: 05:20PM January 26th, 2012

ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan — The high standards of U.S. leadership training have found their way to Afghanistan.

Published: 04:17PM January 26th, 2012

AFGHANISTAN — The people and places the military introduces servicemembers to, can at times seem quite small. For every deployment to a remote forward operating base, there are multiple occasions when Soldiers run into an old friend or colleague. Command Sgts. Maj. Samuel G. Murphy and John Wayne Troxell are no different; their career paths began to crisscross at Fort Bragg, N.C., years before their recent meeting in southern Afghanistan. This meeting allowed the two senior NCOs the chance to look back on their friendship.

Published: 02:20PM January 13th, 2012

TRANSIT CENTER MANAS, Kyrgyzstan — During the two week period of Dec. 10 to 25, approximately 17,108 servicemembers travelling via the Transit Center at Manas made it home in time to see their families for the holiday season.