There was no 21-gun salute, no chaplain giving a message of God’s provision, no bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace.” He loved Ruston Way Brother, soldier, friend

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Lakewood has launched a campaign to fill gift baskets for 2,000 Fort Lewis Stryker soldiers who will return soon from their nearly 15-month tour of Iraq.
Lakewood seeks donations for returning Fort Lewis Stryker soldiers

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More than four years after the fact, the Army got around to decorating two men who saved the lives of five fellow soldiers - and spared the Army’s first Stryker brigade from further calamity on its combat debut in Iraq. Medals go to heroes of Iraq rollover

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They don’t have anything against a game of volleyball or basketball. It’s good exercise, builds teamwork and camaraderie. But as far as Fort Lewis’ senior commanders are concerned, it’s just not right for “PT.” New rules at Fort Lewis mandate daily physical fitness training

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The deeply buried bomb hit the Stryker so hard it blew off the back ramp and sent Staff Sgt. Jon Hilliard flying out of his hatch, shot like a cork from a bottle. “You’d think that something like that would’ve hurt,” the 26-year-old infantryman recalled Wednesday. “But actually it was almost serene. Two Fort Lewis [...]

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Nainoa Kealiihokuhelelani Hoe, who was born 30 years ago under a full moon, died three years ago this month under a similar moon when he was felled by a sniper’s bullet in Mosul, Iraq.The 1995 Kamehameha Schools graduate’s middle name means the “ali’i moon that travels the heavens.”
Now, in a blending of Hawaiian warrior tradition [...]

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Mechanics are working over the fleet of Strykers just home from Iraq to get them back into the hands of soldiers for whatever comes next. About two dozen Strykers were returned to soldiers at Fort Lewis on Thursday - cleaned up, repaired, renovated and then inspected with something close to the white-glove treatment. Army spends [...]

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When Captain Nicholas M. Cook arrived in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad in May, the place was like a ghost town. Nearly 50% of the homes were abandoned and the residents that remained rarely ventured out. Only the crackle of gunfire pierced the streets. “Everyday it was like clockwork - 10 to 11:30 am [...]

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While he was in Iraq, the re-enlistment sergeant for the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, kept a competitive eye on his counterpart from another brigade. …..Soldiers come back for more

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SINSIL, Iraq - The U.S. military launched a major offensive early Tuesday - with Fort Lewis Stryker troops at the forefront - against one of the largest known redoubts of al-Qaida in Iraq: Stryker soldiers lead new offensive

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