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Silver Spring man, 20, killed in Iraq battle
A soldier from Silver Spring, in Iraq less than a month, was killed in Mosul on Thursday when his unit came under small-arms fire.
Aamot, Gooch remembered by fellow soldiers at Fort Lewis
It was supposed to be an easy mission: The Fort Lewis soldiers would load their Strykers with water and food for another platoon, ferry it to a combat outpost and return home.
Fort Lewis soldier dies in Afghanistan blast
A soldier assigned to the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, at Fort Lewis was killed Tuesday in a bomb explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Murray Helps Bring Streamlined Disability Benefits Program to Fort Lewis
" Thousands of returning service members will have access to a streamlined disability claims system at Fort Lewis Army Medical Center because of a pilot program that U.S. Senator Patty Murray helped pass into law.
Troops' families cope with holiday separation
Though they'll be thousands of miles apart for the holidays, the families of service members based at Fort Lewis in Washington are reaching out to the ...
Traffic backup after earlier accident blocked southbound I-5 near Fort Lewis
The Department of Transportation is reporting a collision that blocked the left lane of southbound Interstate 5 in Pierce County Monday morning is now clear.
Fort Lewis: Horoho to be deputy Army surgeon general
The commander of the Army Western Regional Medical Command will soon leave Fort Lewis to become the Army's deputy surgeon general, the Pentagon announced this week.
Memorial for Vancouver Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
This morning we take a moment to remember a Northwest soldier who was recently killed in Afghanistan.
Wounded soldiers on mend at Fort Lewis
Nearly 500 wounded soldiers are spending this Veterans Day in rehab at Fort Lewis.
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Green Berets at Fort Lewis open up for Veterans Day
In a Veterans Day ceremony that gave a glimpse of a Fort Lewis unit rarely seen publicly, hundreds of soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group gathered Wednesday to honor their two most recent fallen comrades.
Fort Lewis: Last chance to see museum until 2011
This week will be the last chance for visitors to drop by the Fort Lewis Military Museum before it closes for renovation on Nov.
Flags signal the start of the suffering
Lowering our flags to half-staff seems to be an all too familiar sight across our nation these days.
2 Fort Lewis Strykers killed in Afghanistan
FORT LEWIS, Wash. Two Fort Lewis Strykers, one of whom was from Whatcom County, were killed by enemy forces in Afghanistan Thursday.
Stryker Soldier From Fort Lewis Killed In Non-Combat Incident
A Fort Lewis soldier has died in Iraq -- during her third deployment to the region.
Fort Lewis Memorial: Going back to Louisiana
Pfc. Brian Russell Bates loved bragging about his home state of Louisiana, and never tired of telling his fellow soldiers about how he had survived Hurricane Katrina.
Distress in the Army: A hidden enemy
President Obama's decision on deploying more troops to Afghanistan has been complicated by an ugly reality: suicide.
Pacts end criminal cases against Port of Olympia protesters
All the criminal cases filed in the wake of the Port of Olympia protests nearly two years ago were resolved Friday after eight demonstrators signed agreements that could lead to dismissal of their charges.
As names of fallen come out, sense of loss hovers over Fort Lewis
President Barack Obama, center, Army Assistant Judge Advocate Maj. Gen. Daniel Wright, second from right and Army Special Forces Commander Brig.