Military Medical Merger Should Lead to Faster Hospital Admission, Officials Say Patients should expect to be admitted faster and receive better access to specialized care at Lewis-McChord's medical center.
These Are the First Units to Get Army’s New Night-Vision Binoculars Army Futures Command enabled the service to develop and field the new technology fast, officials said.
Birdcalls and Night Movements: Soldiers in Pacific Train to Fight in Jungle Some of the lessons learned included the Filipino infantry's clandestine and night movement techniques.
Fire-Generated Winds Pose Hazards to National Guard Efforts to Fight Wildfires The California wildfires can create their own violent weather, hampering firefighting efforts.
Active-Duty Army Engineers Being Sent to Fight California Wildfires About 200 troops from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion at JBLM will get a course in becoming "wildland firefighters."
At Least 6 Fatalities as Amtrak Train Derails, Crashes Near JBLM Amtrak train 501 was traveling southbound from Seattle when it derailed along Interstate 5 about 7:30 a.m.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...