Fort Lewis

The Times' criminal justice team looks behind the scenes and behind the headlines. Hearing scheduled for Fort Lewis soldier accused of killing couple The Army will convene an Article 32 hearing at Fort Lewis on Monday to examine...

In this article: Uniform Code of Military Justice

...head and sword of Saddam Hussein brought back from Iraq, dioramas of famous battles, the jeep Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf drove when he was Fort Lewis' top officer or any of the other thousands of relics on display at the Fort Lewis Military...

In this article: Fort Lewis Museum, World War I, Salvation Army, Norman Schwarzkopf, Americans with Disabilities Act, Polyethylene, Saddam Hussein, and Iraq

FEW DETAILS: Killing was execution-style, says mom The parents of a Fort Lewis soldier killed in Iraq earlier this month say someone shot their daughter on an American military base near Kirkush. Staff Sgt. Amy Tirador of Colonie, N.Y.,...

In this article: Iraq, Suicide, E mail, 2nd Infantry Division, and Wrgb-tv

Fort Lewis: Wait for veterans' disability claims should shrink Fort Lewis: Program to speed up claims should be up and running here by end of March, Pentagon says Nearly three years after a chorus of complaints from local soldiers went...

In this article: Pentagon, Patty Murray, VA, Virginia, and Fort Riley

The Oregonian's picks from popular Northwest news sources Fort Lewis soldier death is Stryker Brigade's 29th since July A Texas cavalry scout on his first tour to Afghanistan died this week in a roadside bombing. The Tacoma News...

In this article: Afghanistan, Texas, 2nd Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Regiment, and Tacoma News Tribune

Afghanistan: He served as cavalry scout A Fort Lewis soldier on his first combat deployment was killed Tuesday in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle. Spc. Joseph M. Lewis of Terrell, Texas, served as a cavalry...

In this article: Afghanistan, 2nd Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Ktvt-tv, and Kdfw-tv

...to southern Afghanistan in July. Lewis, 26, first joined the Army in June 2005 and served a year-long tour in South Korea. He arrived at Fort Lewis in February 2007 and was serving with the brigade s 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, when...

In this article: Afghanistan, Dallas, 2nd Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Regiment, and Ktvt-tv

...to their native habitat as part of a pilot project the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife began in 2007 to bring frogs to Fort Lewis, which has acres of intact wetlands where the amphibians can thrive. Frogs formerly were native...

In this article: Oregon, Northwest, Thurston County, Columbia River, Oregon Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, and Portland

...bill Tuesday that includes nearly $399 million for bases in Washington state, with about one-third of the funding targeted for Fort Lewis. The measure also includes $109 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs, most of which...

In this article: Department of Veterans Affairs, Dog, Stryker, U.S. Senate, Lewis, and Washington

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. It's the third assignment for Maj. Gen. Patricia Horoho since she came to...

In this article: 62nd Medical Brigade, Pentagon, New York, and Maryland