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Fort Lewis, named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was one of the largest and most modern military reservations in the United States, consisting of 87,000 acres (136 sq mi; 350 km 2) of prairie land cut from the glacier-flattened Nisqually Plain. It is the premier military installation in the northwest and the most ...
Lewis Army Museum (originally Fort Lewis Military Museum) is a military museum at Joint Base Lewis–McChord in the state of Washington, U.S. It is housed in the historic former Red Shield Inn , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and can be seen prominently from Interstate 5 .
The 17th Field Artillery deployed to Iraq from Fort Sill, OK in 2003 and again in 2005. In 2007 the 17th Field Artillery Brigade moved to Fort Lewis, Washington a renamed 17th Fires Brigade. The 17th Fires Brigade deployed to the Basra Province in the summer of 2009. The unit was designated as a subordinate unit to 7th Infantry Division, 1 ...
Fort Lewis may refer to: Fort Lewis (Colorado), a former United States Army post (1878–1891) in the U.S. State of Colorado Fort Lewis College, a college in the Durango, Colorado, United States; Fort Lewis Skyhawks, athletic teams of Fort Lewis College; Fort Lewis (Washington), a United States Army post (1917–Present) in the U.S. State of ...
It is a training component of the United States Army Reserve, and subordinate to the 104th Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington. It is primarily responsible for One Station Unit Training, Basic Combat Training and Military Police instruction. The 1st Brigade traces its lineage back to the old headquarters element of the division.
After almost 12 months in country on October 26, 2006, the 1–120th FA BN transferred authority over to the 2–142nd Field Artillery BN. The 1–120th returned to Fort McCoy, WI on 4–5 November 2006 to a welcome home ceremony and the unit was released from active duty. [6]
It is a training component of the United States Army Reserve, and subordinate to the 104th Division based in Fort Lewis, Washington. It is primarily responsible for combat support training for soldiers entering the Military Police, Civil Affairs, Combat Engineering, Chemical Corps, and Signal Corps.