Fort Lewis News

Chris N. Staats was "a man's man," according to fellow soldiers. "It's true," said his wife, Monteigne.

Some of the U.S. Army's best spies recently departed Fort Lewis for Iraq, where they will help teach the Iraqi military how to play spy games at a high level too.

A Fort Lewis soldier has died in Iraq -- during her third deployment to the region.

Logan M. Biggs, a Sturgeon Bay High School alumnus, has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as 'Operation Warrior Forge,' at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.

The body of the Alamo soldier killed in Afghanistan last week is set to return to the Rio Grande Valley today, with visitation and funeral services set for Sunday and Monday, respectively.

"Thus it is said that one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements." Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

During a procession led by the Patriot Honor Guard, people lined the streets of Smithville, Plattsburg and Lathrop on Tuesday to honor a Missouri soldier killed in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama has been briefed about reports of a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.

Fort Lewis is planning memorial services Thursday and Tuesday for the eight soldiers who were killed on Oct.

President Obama's decision on deploying more troops to Afghanistan has been complicated by an ugly reality: suicide.

A U.S. Army soldier who died Tuesday in southern Afghanistan hailed from Vancouver and planned to become a teacher or police officer, his family said.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

A 24-year-old U.S. Army soldier from Alamo was killed in one of Tuesday's cluster of roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan, family members said Wednesday.

Patrick Williamson just recently earned a promotion to sergeant as a member of the U.S. Army's 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, currently on duty in Afghanistan.

Presidential salute for Fort Lewis soldier: President Obama salutes Thursday as an Army team carries a case with remains of Sgt.

The body of Army Spc. Kyle Coumas, who died last week in Afghanistan, is to arrive Friday at Stockton Metropolitan Airport, a funeral official said.

Standing in the pre-dawn darkness, President Barack Obama saw the real cost of the war in Afghanistan: The Americans who return in flag-covered cases while much of the nation sleeps in peace.

The Fort Lewis community gathered Wednesday to remember Spc. Michael A. Dahl Jr.

"Thus it is said that one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements." Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

Roadside bombs killed eight U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, at least seven reportedly members of a Fort Lewis Stryker Brigade.