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The Okubo Medical & Dental Clinic on Joint Base Lewis-McChord North honors a hero. James Okubo was a Nisei, a second generation Japanese American, born in Anacortes in 1920 to immigrant parents. Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese males were categorized as 4C, or enemy
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Governor Jay Inslee's office announced that effective July 23, the recently unanimously passed House Bill 1204 mandates the display of the POW/MIA flag. "Each public entity must display the National League of Families' POW/MIA flag along with the flag of the United States and the flag of the state upon or
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Measures to protect servicemembers from predatory financial institutions stand a good chance of getting tougher. Last week, Democrats in the House of Representatives, led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), along with Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN) and Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA), introduced legislation that will strengthen enforcement of the Servicemembers Civil Relief
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Col. Daniel Morgan relinquished garrison command of Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Col. Nicole Lucas last Friday morning on Watkins Field. "This has been the most rewarding command of my career," said Morgan. The host of the ceremony was Brenda McCullough, director, Installation Management Command. About 300 individuals representing former commanders and civic leaders
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There is a connection between sports and military service. After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo in June 1815, the 1st Duke of Wellington allegedly said that the battle was won on the playing fields of Eton. Today, American service academies place a high value on sports - especially football - because they instill
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Greg Hamilton, a former Ranger and Special Forces soldier, wants to be Seattle's next mayor. "It's the craziest thing I've ever done in my life," he said in announcing his campaign in a YouTube video. He contends that Seattle has serious challenges, and he wants to address them in a transparent and
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Between World War I and World War II, Camp Lewis became Fort Lewis, which in turn took on a pronounced sense of permanence. Many of the pre-WWI buildings were removed and replaced by Neo-Georgian brick buildings with brick facades, sash windows and door cases with fanlights. With the parade ground (now Watkins
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For servicemembers and veterans, educational opportunities for advancement are close at hand. Two local colleges, Clover Park Technical College and Pierce College, offer excellent programs designed to help servicemembers and veterans obtain a college degree or certificate. When using their post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, current and past servicemembers should also ensure that
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History was made at McChord Field July 14, 2017. In a change of command ceremony rich in history and steeped in tradition, Col. Rebecca Sonkiss accepted the guidon of the Air Force, thus becoming the first woman to command the 62nd Airlift Wing. She replaces Col. Leonard Kosinski, who will assume new
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The Sequalitchew Creek Trail is nearby and a day's travel into a chapter of the city of DuPont's history. While the area was home to Native Americans more than 5,000 years ago, and in more recent times specifically to the Nisqually and Sequalitchew Indians, it entered American history when the United
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Libraries are quiet places where books - those special strings of words between covers - can be checked out, read and contemplated. The first library at Camp Lewis opened Nov. 28, 1917. Named the Liberty Library, it was the first military library constructed by the American Library Association. Popular with the
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A letter written in 1945 led Andrew Carroll to begin the Center for American War Letters. Written by a distant cousin, the recollection described his walk through the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald the day after its liberation. "It was one of the most powerful things I had ever read in my
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The opening of Camp Lewis in the middle of World War I Sept. 5, 1917, continued the role of the infantry in American history. In short order, the 91st Division - the Wild West Division - arrived and trained. Soldiers learned close drill, military traditions, bayonet and hand-to-hand combat; they spent
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Not long ago, a man walked into the offices of the Veterans Lending Group (VLG) thinking it was the offices of the Veterans Administration. That mistake proved to be a blessing. "He was homeless," related Brooke Villano during a recent telephone interview. "We talked to him for a while, learned he had
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Under sunny, blue skies yesterday afternoon on Delta Ramp at McChord Field, a C-17 was named "The Spirit of Joint Base Lewis-McChord" during a ceremony. About 100 individuals to include Joint Base Lewis-McChord personnel and local civic leaders attended the naming event. "The naming of one of our McChord C-17s ... represents
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The e-mail began with the sentence, "I'm sure you already know that an online scammer, James Troxell, is using CSM John Troxell's military photo and his biographical information to scam women." Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell is currently the third Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
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The first 4th of July celebration in the Pacific Northwest occurred Monday, July 5, 1841, at Sequalitchew Lake. As per the custom of the time, holidays were not celebrated on Sundays. The land that now comprises Washington, Idaho, Oregon and parts of Montana was known as the "Oregon Country." In accordance with
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Early last Sunday morning at the Yakima Training Center, the day began hot and without a breeze. In the pre-dawn light, soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, moved into position on the north end of the MPRC, or multi-purpose range complex. Strykers with the capabilities
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Trees are Mother Nature's generals. Despite their differing sizes and shapes, they fight to keep a foothold in the most extreme conditions. Their roots provide a solid base within their environment; their trunks provide strength to not only the tree but to those who use them; their branches hold the leaves that
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For almost three years, Cpl. Robert L. Rudisill awoke on a mud floor."There were no beds," he said, as he sat at his kitchen table. "We slept in the dirt." Rudisill's walk in 1950 to a dirt bed in a hut in North Korea began in Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 27, 1927. In