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MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER - There are nearly 700,000 social workers employed in the United States. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has identified social work as one of the fastest-growing professions in the nation. For a nation dealing with stressors from economic downturns to a global pandemic to world conflicts, social
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Unit ministry teams from 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, won top honors during the 7th Infantry Division's Best UMT Competition, March 16 to 17, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Teams from 1-14 Cavalry Squadron and 1-23 Infantry Battalion came in first and second place, respectively, in the annual competition testing chaplains and
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House Bill 1181 honors veterans in a way that is a first for Washington state. Passed unanimously by both the House and Senate earlier in March, Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign it. The legislation not only calls for a new memorial - The Washington State Global War on Terror
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Blizzard, an Arctic Tundra polar bear, is waiting to meet you. Born in 1995, and soon after orphaned, he now lives at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium (PDZA) in Tacoma. Nearby, red wolves thrive in safety due to the PDZA's work in helping to restore their population after years of
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Secretary of Labor Martin Walsh visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord March 23 to learn about the base's Transition Assistance Program partnership with WorkSource. JBLM's TAP program is one of only two located on military installations to embed with the WorkSource program. While visiting, Walsh was able to tour
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SHORELINE - Just more than 50 miles north of Joint Base Lewis-McChord is the picturesque city of Shoreline, Washington. On a street lined with cherry blossom trees, an apartment building holds much history within its walls. Not because of what is there; but because of whom. On March 25, U.S. Air
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - U.S. Army Chemical Corps soldiers trained for Weapons of Mass Destruction Technical Escort missions with U.S. Air Force Reserve airmen, March 17-20, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Soldiers from the 9th Chemical Company (Technical Escort) and airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 446th Airlift Wing proved their mettle
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The run-up to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's fourth annual Innovation Rodeo began last week with the start of a call-for-topics campaign. The campaign, open through June 6, gives military and civilian members of the Department of the Air Force's mission and installation support community a chance to
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Cherry blossoms have long stood as a symbol of spring. And with the spring equinox on March 20 came the bursting of cherry blossoms at the state Capitol. There is no better local place to check out the beautiful magnolias and cherry blossoms in full bloom. Plan to stop by
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When you think about it, the Netflix original sensation that was Bridgerton is essentially a fictional, period-piece version of The Bachelor, what with all these impossibly good-looking, mostly shallow, gossip-mongering people - most of them never inconvenienced by a daily work schedule - gathering for another season of orchestrated romance,
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Military members and civilian workers may receive a 4.6% pay raise - the largest in 20 years - under the Pentagon's annual budget request. This represents a 2.7% increase over the 2022 pay raise, but remains well below the current inflation rate. "This is the largest pay raise in 20 years
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This week my fate has officially been sealed — and it’s on wheels, four per foot. In December I scored a spot on the Dockyard Derby Dames, Tacoma’s very own all-girl, flat track Roller Derby league. Amidst my already overbooked schedule, I’ve been training like crazy, up to three nights of
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Some people have just finished filling out their March Madness bracket with high hopes their team will reign supreme, meanwhile we've just finished filling out a ranking of the best Little Debbie snacks. That's right, someone needed to get to the bottom of what really is the best Little Debbie
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The Defense Department, military services and Veterans Affairs are doing a lot now to assess the effects of airborne hazards, including open burn pits, on the health of current and veteran service members who may have been exposed while deployed overseas in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Capitol Hill lawmakers on
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The early bird gets the worm and that can be the case when looking at your earned military benefits. Don't wait until you separate from the military to apply for VA service-connected disability compensation. The Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) program allows service members to apply for VA disability compensation benefits between
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Women have long been a fighting force in every aspect of life. Their contributions to history, culture and society have been observed annually in the month of March in the U.S. since 1987. "The military has made great strides to create equality amongst genders, but there is
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Let's start with the jumpsuit. The glittery, spangly, skintight, plunging-neckline, raspberry-colored jumpsuit Sandra Bullock sports throughout much of the loud and unfunny and flat and derivative Romancing the Stone knockoff The Lost City, as if she's wandered in from a mediocre 1980s sitcom. Bullock's Loretta Sage is wedged into that
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WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth issued an Army Directive March 23 outlining a time-phased implementation of a revised ACFT as the Army's general physical fitness test. Changes made to the ACFT incorporate feedback from soldiers and independent analysis of test performance. Among the key changes announced by the
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Using the nation's first prototype Long Range Hypersonic System, Bravo Battery soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 3rd Artillery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade executed ground movement, round transfers, and established firing capability at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Feb. 22-24. "We're incredibly proud of the work that the soldiers of
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Leaders from the 902nd Contracting Battalion cased their colors during a ceremony March 8 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in preparation for their deployment in the coming weeks to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Lt.
