Fort Lewis

...but the waiting time hasn't budged much. The program that's coming to Fort Lewis began in November 2007 at three installations near Washington, D.C., and expanded to 18 other sites in October 2008. It stemmed from the recommendations from...

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

...was a female soldier in a man s world who tried to defy the stereotypes of women in the armed forces. Tirador was the sixth woman from Fort Lewis to die in either Iraq or Afghanistan since the wars began, and the first since September 2006.

In this article: Iraq, Suicide, E mail, Wrgb-tv, and Kirsten Gillibrand

...the military as a combat medic but began training to be a military intelligence collector in 2005. She arrived at Fort Lewis in January 2008. Her husband, Mickey Tirador, was in Iraq on his third tour of duty when his wife was killed. The...

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

...to play spy games at a high level too. The arrival of the 1,000 soldiers of the 201st Battlefield Support Battalion represents the last major deployment for a Fort Lewis unit to Iraq this year. A total of about 9,000 soldiers with two...

In this article: Iraq, Fort Hood, Stryker, U.S. Army, and Central Intelligence Agency

...in non-combat incident A 29-year-old Fort Lewis soldier on her second tour of duty in Iraq died Wednesday in what the Department of Defense is calling a non-combat incident, according to a news release issued today. Staff Sgt. Amy C....

In this article: Stryker, Times Union, Iraq, 2nd Infantry Division, and Department of Defense