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Covenant

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Participants gather on stage after the signing of the Puget Sound Army Community Covenant at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood.

Puget Sound community leaders joined Fort Lewis officials May 2 to sign the Army Community Covenant, a formal recognition of the relationship between Soldiers, their families and the communities surrounding post.

Published: 11:20AM April 14th, 2008

Soldiers from 4-6 Air Cav. talk about the effort required to keep the unit's Kiowa Warriors in the air over Mosul.

Published: 10:45AM April 14th, 2008

Lieutenant Col. Mark Deschene and 1st Lt. Robert Green talk about the 864th Engr. Bn. mission in Afghanistan.

Published: 04:54PM April 4th, 2008

Sailors train for a deployment to Camp Bucca at a mock detention facility on Fort Lewis.

Published: 07:23AM March 21st, 2008

Photo Gallery

Published: 02:41PM March 6th, 2008

Photo Gallery

Published: 07:51AM May 2nd, 2008

“Iron Man” certainly gets the job done in terms of start-of-summer blockbuster bang-bang.

Published: 08:07AM April 18th, 2008

Many of you saw rising country crooner Ashton Shepherd perform her big hit “Takin’ Off This Pain” during the CMT Music Awards broadcast Monday. And the next day she gave me a ring to share a few of her behind-the-scenes experiences, just days before today’s scheduled appearance at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center.

Published: 07:51AM April 11th, 2008

There’s no way of sugar-coating this: Doughnuts – fried in oil and dripping with artery-clogging appeal – aren’t good for us. But, oh, do the best of them taste good: sweet and tender, cakey and crackly, begging to be dunked in coffee or milk. With that in mind, I toured South Sound’s independent doughnut shops looking for the best of what’s bad for us.

Today's Front Page

4th BDE., 2nd inf. div. — Advance party returns; entire unit scheduled to arrive later this month

Published: 01:11PM May 8th, 2008

It wasn’t breakfast in bed but it was just as sweet for those in attendance at Sheridan Gym for the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division’s homecoming Saturday morning.

Published: 01:18PM May 8th, 2008

Soldiers in I Corps underwent training last week, to make them more ready to lead combat operations in Iraq.

Published: 01:23PM May 8th, 2008

An Army Ranger assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, died in Afghanistan, April 29, of wounds sustained while conducting combat operations.

Published: 02:26PM May 12th, 2008

The sun is shining which draws motorcycles out of garages and onto the roads. For Fort Lewis Soldiers, riding that motorcycle means more than just strapping on a helmet and hitting the road. It means being safety-conscious, too.

Published: 12:21PM May 8th, 2008

After what was a futile attempt by 1st Special Forces Group to pull a Medium Tactical Vehicle on the first day of competition of the Pride Week MTV Pull, all other teams decided to push the vehicle down the 100-meter course. The 17th Fires Brigade’s five-man team was able to move the MTV faster than any other group on Tuesday, the final day of competition, and picked up its first win of Pride Week.

Published: 12:25PM May 8th, 2008

It seems as though every special event the Army has gets kicked off with some sort of run. Armed Forces Day will be no different. The type of run, however, will be a little more on the dirty side than most races.

Published: 12:28PM May 8th, 2008

It’s going to be a rematch of last year’s women’s intramural soccer championships as the Warriors secured a spot to play in the finals with a 4-1 smothering of United Football Club Monday at Cowan Stadium.

Published: 12:23PM May 8th, 2008

Led by Chris Hallows and Winslow Tandler, the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division A Team took first place honors in the Pride Week 10K Team Run.

Published: 01:11PM May 8th, 2008

Today is Fort Lewis Safety Day. While this is an occasion set aside to concentrate on safe practices safety really does need to be central to all we do, 365 days a year.

Published: 02:29PM May 1st, 2008

There is an awful lot to feel good about at Fort Lewis. And everyone here should be proud of that fact.

Published: 01:44PM April 24th, 2008

The old line used to go “If the Army had wanted you to have a family, it would have issued you one.”