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Fort Lewis: Army activates Special Forces battalion
More Green Berets are headed to Fort Lewis. The Army announced Thursday the planned activation of a new battalion of the 1st Special Forces Group .
Army Announces Force Structure Actions at Fort Lewis, Wash.
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A The Army announced today the planned activation of the 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group.A This force structure action represents a net increase of 432 military authorizations and four civilian authorizations at Fort Lewis, Wash., and two civilian authorizations at Yakima Training Center, Wash.A Implementation of ...
Veterans gone, but never forgotten
Led by a color guard, Marines and soldiers carrying banners that recognized their fallen comrades marched with their eyes straight ahead at the front of Wednesday's annual Veterans Day parade in Yakima.
Wednesday events will honor US military
Nov. 9--YAKIMA, Wash. -- Marines and soldiers will carry banners recognizing their fallen comrades, including several from the Yakima Valley, in the city's Veterans Day parade on Wednesday.
Training Center explosives experts detonate pipe bomb
A small pipe bomb exploded when a military team tried to render it safe on Thursday, city police said.
Man honored for gift of quilts to wounded soldiers
A Quincy, Wash., man was honored Thursday at the Yakima Training Center for making more than 200 quilts for wounded military members from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bravo Company returns from Iraq ahead of schedule
About 100 Marines reserves are returning to Yakima after serving several months in Iraq.
Yakima soldiers belatedly get Vietnam War medals
Forty years later, soldiers of the 737th Transportation Company will finally get the medals and ribbons they earned during the Vietnam War.
A belated, but heartfelt salute
Forty years later, the soldiers of the 737th Transportation Company will receive the medals and ribbons they earned from service in the Vietnam War.
Yakima soldiers belatedly get Vietnam War medals
Forty years later, soldiers of the 737th Transportation Company will finally get the medals and ribbons they earned during the Vietnam War.
81st Brigade soldiers set to land in Spokane today
The first planeload of 81st Brigade soldiers from Eastern Washington is scheduled to arrive in Spokane today, the National Guard says.
Fort Lewis soldier returns as post commander
Fort Lewis The man who will run daily operations of Fort Lewis is no stranger to the area: Col.
81st Brigade to return home after nine months in Iraq
The National Guard's 81st Brigade is preparing to return home to Washington after nine months of service in Iraq, although an exact date has not been announced.
Bomb Squad Detonates Suspicious Devices
They destroyed the devices shortly after 3pm Tuesday afternoon. It is not known whether they were explosives, but authorities did not want to take any chances.
Soldier statue lands a new base in Sarg Hubbard Park
Since 2006, Yakima's War on Terrorism Memorial has been dismantled and carted away by thieves, fished out of the Yakima River by local police, and welded back together by off-duty soldiers.
Training Center enlists newest commander
The former commander of the ROTC program at Oregon State University took charge of the Yakima Training Center on Thursday.
The death train still haunts him. It had arrived two or three days before he did, during the final week of World War II.
World War II Vet Honored After 60+ Years
Dee Eberhart used to hear the guns go off at the Training Center when he was growing up in Toppenish.
RSVP today to witness a hero receiving his WWII medals
There's a guy up in Ellensburg who was part of the Army regiment that discovered and liberated the Dachau concentration camp in World War II.
Budget cuts shutter two National Guard armories
National Guard armories in Ellensburg and Toppenish will be closed immediately to help deal with budget cutbacks, the state Military Department announced Thursday.
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