Music
In late-15th-century Austria, the use of boys' choirs in Catholic mass was already a longstanding tradition. In 1498, Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I moved his entire court, musicians included, to Vienna. Thus was born the Vienna Chapel Imperial. Maximillian decreed that a choir of two adult bass singers and six
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The National Endowment for the Arts has selected Madigan Army Hospital, located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, to be one of five new Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network sites across the country. This selection means that Madigan will receive NEA funding to support art, music and creative writing therapies
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Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Sergeants Major Association of the Northwest (SMANW) is reaching out to active-duty servicemembers to continue to build on the 42-year history of the organization. With more than 125 current members, the SMANW partners with local businesses and organizations, such as the USO, to provide financial support for
Military Life
Being a parent is tough. Parenting in the military is tougher yet. Now imagine what it must be like to be a parent of twins, triplets, quadruplets - or more - all while serving your country in the U.S. military. For a few remarkable families in the South Sound, that
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"Ambassador" is one of those honorifics that sounds a bit antiquated, like it's from the same bygone era as "Viceroy" or "Archduke", but it's still in use today. In fact, the Army Reserve has been using it ever since ye olden times of 1998. Army Reserve Ambassadors act as liaisons between
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The thwack of the three-wood announced the launch of a golf ball over the green of the fairway and toward the distant firs. "This is the tenth time I've been out here," commented Andrew Oczkewicz, the United Service Organization's (USO's) director of operations at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, said before teeing off. "Part
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When it comes to military readiness, there is no number two. "Readiness is our number one priority, and there is no other number one," Gen. Mark Milley, Army Chief of Staff, wrote in an earlier press release. This attitude resides at the heart of the Associated Unit Program Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
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There is an invisible war after a war. It's the effects of the invisible war that the just published book, Retire the Colors: Veterans and Civilians on Iraq and Afghanistan, presents its readers. The book offers the words, feelings and truths of 19 different voices intimately involved with combat or impacted by
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Erik Flint has been committed to the Lewis Army Museum for the past five years as a volunteer, board member, and now director. With Joint Base Lewis McChord's 100th Anniversary on the horizon, the museum is undergoing a facelift, reopening in time for the centennial events currently being organized. Shortly after
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The Veteran's High Game Pot produced a record-shattering payout of over $1,800 for the Top 5 Vet's scores in 2015. Thanks to the enthusiastic support of tournament sponsors, this year's 11th annual Veterans Day Tournament hopes to exceed the record payouts. The Puget Sound 9-Tap Tour has been hosting Veterans Day
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Veterans Day is a high priority for the brave men and women serving at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Since Nov. 3, service personnel from JBLM have been participating in Veterans Day programs communitywide in a 10-day-long observance and outreach campaign that includes 23 local schools, one church and 14 community/civic organizations
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Americans take pride in celebrating and honoring their veterans every day - but none more so than on Veterans Day. On this day, patriotic pride sweeps through the land, and people pause to personally thank veterans for their service to our country. Those who live in the communities that surround
Online Interactive Guides
Click here to view our interactive 2016 Veterans Day Guide.
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Beer joints aren’t like regular businesses. People don’t laugh and share good times in hardware stores. But they do in beer joints. People don’t meet new friends or lovers among the racks of sweaters at the Gap. But they do at beer joints. People don’t feel at home in a
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THE ART Thursday Art Walk If it seems like it has been far too long since you sported your beret, parked the SUV and pulled the stret-cred ‘66 Bonneville out of the garage and did a downtown art crawl, you would be right: The gap between Third Thursdays has been a lengthy
Veterans
Nearly 100 years after Pfc. John Barnard Goodman was drafted into the Army Signal Corps during World War I, 20 of his descendents met with military leaders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s I Corps Headquarters Saturday for a ceremony to honor him with a Silver Star and
Military Policy
When nine Soldiers, rain-soaked and bone-tired, crossed the finish line of the Sapper Stakes combat engineer competition, they made two firsts. They won first place and were the first gender-integrated squad to win the Joint Base Lewis-McChord contest since the Army opened up the combat engineer military
Music
Making the decision to change your name to 2 Chainz is a conundrum we've all surely encountered in our lives. As an up-and-coming rapper, Tauheed Epps always went by Tity Boi, but decided to switch things up in 2011, after (perhaps correctly) assuming that the 2 Chainz moniker would be
