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KABUL, Afghanistan - I did something pretty remarkable the other day. I attended my daughter's parent-teacher conference. Normally an activity like that is an ordinary occurrence. What made it special was I did it while sitting in my room in Afghanistan using a popular video chat program. Different
Military Life
Spc. John Alcock Jr. is known throughout his shop in the 542nd Maintenance Company on Joint Base Lewis-McChord as a mechanic who can get things done. "I can fix pretty much anything they put in front of me," said the North Bend, Ore., native. The Soldier's got the same reputation at home. "I'm
Military Life
Crystal Brown's body just keeps putting roadblocks in her way. But the Joint Base Lewis-McChord spouse keeps driving right through them. When she was in high school, doctors found a lump on her right breast. Fortunately, it was a cyst and she had it removed. In 1999, another lump appeared on the same
Military Life
Army Reserve spouse Trina Heppner has a strong belief her family's future is bright.With what the family has been through over the past four years, Heppner is fairly positive things can't get much worse. After spending four years as an active-duty spouse while her husband Jonathan served with the Ranger Battalion
Military Life
The last time Ryan McKinnon deployed, things were different. He was an enlisted Soldier working as a medic. His oldest child, Sierra, was just two years old, and McKinnon's wife, Chrissy, was pregnant with his son Gabe. That was six years ago. After returning from that deployment, McKinnon enrolled in the Army's
Military Life
The Army has been the centerpiece in the Harris family's life for more than 10 years. The family has always lived in base housing. The children were born at military hospitals and played in on-base recreational soccer and basketball leagues. Staff Sgt. Tracy Harris, his wife, Jenise, and their two children, Tracy
Military Life
Just talking about the incident brought Melissa Ann Shenefelt to tears.A couple of months ago, Shenefelt believes elementary school officials mishandled a disciplinary incident involving her oldest son, Vinnie, a kindergartner who was diagnosed last year with Asperger's syndrome. While her husband was in the midst of a 221-day deployment aboard
Military Life
When her 5-month-old daughter Amanda is napping, there are times when Jennifer McPhee is on pins and needles. Those feelings are understandable considering what the Joint Base Lewis-McChord spouse has been through during the past two years. Jennifer and her husband Michael, a staff sergeant in the 17th Fires Brigade, lost their
Military Life
It’s the part of the day Joint Base Lewis-McChord spouse Brandy Brandenburg dreads.While her husband, Staff Sgt.Joshua Brandenburg, is in the midst of a year-long deployment, it falls on Brandy's shoulders to get her 19-month-old son Weston to take a daily puff from his inhaler. "I have to hold him down,"
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Airmen from the 446th Maintenance Squadron's (MXS) electro-environmental back shop and Metal Technology shop teamed up to create a new tool that may revolutionize how maintainers around the world complete a routine task, battery cell removal for the C-17 Globemaster III. "After a certain amount of time of usage on the
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A U.S. Air Force community outreach program continues to provide children facing health difficulties an opportunity to have fun and see firsthand some of the things that airmen do. The current Pilot for a Day (PFAD) program at McChord Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord was created in 2010 as a collaboration
Attractions
You may have noticed the older buildings on the grounds of Western State Hospital in Lakewood. They are what remains of what was Fort Steilacoom, a military base which predates the Civil War, and four buildings from the original fort are open to the public the first Sunday of the
Education
The United States Army Special Forces Scholarship Fund is accepting applications for its 2012.Scholarship awards program. Sons and daughters of active and retired 1st SFG 18-Series Soldiers and non-18-Series Soldiers who have served in 1st SFG for at least five years are eligible. Scholarship applications will
Health
Tired of your fitness routine? Get fit two new ways for free at the McChord Fitness Center Annex, Building 726. TRX Suspension Training meets Tuesdays from noon to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 to 1 p.m. Koncept Fit 101 meets for eight weeks at 6 p.m. starting
Veterans
Veterans enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs have begun to receive personalized booklets that explain their health care benefits and contain other useful information. "VA is committed to providing our Nation's Veterans with consistent, clear information about the services available
Focus
OINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Normally, training comes as often for the 67th Military Police Company as it does for any other Army unit. But this year, its soldiers will be lucky to make it to the field once. The company and its sister company, the 595th
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Spc. Sean Shanahan looks at combatives, the Army's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu-based style of hand-to-hand fighting, much like he does life: You get knocked down, you get back up. "It transfers over to everything you do in life," Shanahan says in between ground
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WASHINGTON — In the blink of an eye summer is over and now it’s fall. Before you know it, it will be time for the holidays again. Fortunately, the U.S. Postal Service has your back with all the mailing deadlines you need to know for
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