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It is intended to provide access between Interstate 5 (I-5) and SR 7 by passing through a portion of Joint Base Lewis–McChord, a major U.S. military installation. The designated route comprises a short, 0.6-mile (0.97 km) section near SR 7 in Spanaway. The full 6-mile (9.7 km) highway is estimated to cost $480 million to construct, but ...
The facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army's Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex. This initiative was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Round in 2005 and is designed to combine current infrastructure into one maximizing war fighting capability and efficiency, while saving taxpayer ...
Used to support Fort Lewis, Army helicopters assisted with medical evacuations at Mount Rainier National Park on numerous occasions in the 1970s. Army helicopters were also used to insert search-and-rescue [SAR] teams into inaccessible areas on the east, north, and west sides of the mountain, lowering rangers to the ground by a cable device known as a "jungle penetrator."
Every summer, the Army at Joint Base Lewis-McChord sets off prescribed burns. Here’s when and where you might see smoke and fire. Don’t panic if you see smoke blowing over JBLM on Wednesday.
The Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington.. As a state militia unit, the Western Air Defense Sector is not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command.
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The Brigade, Commanded by COL Frederick A. Cross and CSM Thomas J. Clark, formed the base of ‘TASK FORCE ADLER” which consisted of HHC, 22nd Signal Brigade, 32nd Signal Battalion, and 440th Signal Battalion all from Darmstadt, Germany, were joined by 29th Signal Battalion (Fort Lewis, WA), 40th Signal Battalion (Fort Huachuca, AZ), 136th ...
The brigade contains four prime components, [4] all headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Brigade's two permanently assigned MP battalions are the 504th and 508th Military Police Battalions at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. [4] The Brigade also contains a Force Protection unit and a detachment for the Brigade's Provost Marshal. [4]