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War and South Sound in 2007

Fort Lewis
March 2008
• Dog helps heal wounds of war
February 2008
• Active-duty military couples face unique challenges
• 2 Fort Lewis soldiers, new dads die in Iraq
• Soldier injured while saving comrade
• Fort Lewis MPs welcomed home
• Senate gives soldiers 'long overdue' acclaim
January 2008
• 2 Fort Lewis soldiers earn Silver Star
• Care for wounded soldiers gets boost from battalion
• What it takes to repair Stryker brigade’s vehicles
December 2007
• Military families find holiday spirit amid deployments
• Rochester mourns 22-year-old soldier
• Fort Lewis soldier awarded Silver Star
• Soldier gives thanks for medics who saved his life
• Rochester infantryman recalled as 'always happy' by former co-worker
November 2007
• 6 Fort Lewis soldiers killed in Diyala in 6 days
• Fort Lewis readies for expansion
• VA's role in treatment changes with growing number of injured troops
• 'Is it going to be me today?'
• The Iraq War's signature wound
• Fort Lewis leaders sign pledge to soldiers, families
October 2007
• Fort Lewis soldiers, officer’s wife step forward to receive U.S. citizenship
• Home is a long way from patrols
• Brigade's heroes honored with Silver Star for service
• Stryker brigade officially ends second deployment to Iraq
• Memorial to Stryker dead unveiled
• 'They live forever in our heart'
• Fort Lewis honors 6 from 2nd Infantry
• Lawmakers laud direction of vets agency
September 2007
• Dubik: Iraqi forces improving with coalition's help
• Couple’s newlywed deployment over
• Yee angered by belated report on his treatment
• Ceremony to honor 2 killed in Iraq
• 3 soldiers who died in Afghanistan remembered
• Memorial today for three soldiers
• Wounded troops flock to job fair
• A new world for Fort Lewis since Sept. 11
• Fort Lewis soldier dies in Iraq
• Families together again
August 2007
• 3 Fort Lewis troops die in Afghanistan
• Wives ready Fort Lewis for troops' return
• 4 from Fort Lewis killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
• Survivors learn about aid, options after loss
• 4 Fort Lewis infantrymen die during search in Baqouba
• Three Stryker soldiers die in Iraq
• Coping with deployment: Army says it helps families
July 2007
• Ft. Lewis to keep smaller services
• Explosion leads to Ft. Lewis soldier's death
• Military families learn to readjust at wellness retreat
• Memorial honors 2 soldiers
• Helicopter pilot killed in crash remembered as father, hero
• Fort Lewis ceremony honors 75 more soldiers headed to Iraq
• Reflection Park to unify memorials
• Fort Lewis soldier killed in Iraq had home near Lacey
June 2007
• Soldier repays kids' support with gift of flag
• Army major's homecoming culminates with new house
• VA turns focus on local aid outreach
• 2 more Ft. Lewis soldiers killed
• Inspection report puts VA's future in question
• New commander assumes charge of Fort Lewis troops
• Fort Lewis brigade loses 5 men
• 2 from Fort Lewis killed
• Individual memorials might continue for Fort Lewis dead
May 2007
• 3 Fort Lewis soldiers killed; post’s toll rises to 19 for May
• Fort Lewis to consolidate memorials for dead
• Job hunt tough battle for vets
• Three from family serve in Iraq
• Soldier killed as enemy fires on Stryker unit
• MySpace as a war memorial
• 3 Fort Lewis soldiers killed
• Post general heads to Pentagon
• Mourners feel ‘big void’ from loss of Stryker team member
• 2 weeks, 11 deaths for Fort Lewis
• Fort Lewis soldier one of three killed in attack
• Somber farewell for six killed by bomb
• Three soldiers from Fort Lewis die
• Final Stryker soldier killed in attack identified
• Families share memories of Fort Lewis casualties
• Mother carries on with duties familiar from her nightmares
• Six Fort Lewis soldiers killed in Sunday blast
• New Stryker brigade activated
• Yelm soldier dies in attack
April 2007
• N. Thurston coach answers call to duty on faraway field: Iraq
• Fort Lewis commander to follow troops
• 99th from Fort Lewis killed in Iraq
• Woman balances roles of counselor, soldier
• 2 Fort Lewis troops, ages 21 and 27, killed
• Stryker simulator gives view of real deal
• Fort Lewis soldiers vaccinated
• 10,000 from Fort Lewis have missions extended
• Attack kills honored soldier from Fort Lewis
• Role familiar for new general
• Deployment creates daily challenges
March 2007
• Concept combat vehicles get test runs at Fort Lewis
• Cigar emporium gives soldiers a moment to savor
• 10 days, 4 deaths in Iraq
• Soldiers evaluated without being told rules, lawyers say
• Decorated Fort Lewis man killed
• Wounded call care deficient
• ‘He wasn’t a quitter’
• Madigan money tacked onto bill
• Fort Lewis loses soldier in Iraq
• The war at home, in their own words
• Family mourns soldier's death
• Fort Lewis focuses on wounded
• Stryker soldier dies in attack
• Ritual unites Stryker soldiers, families
• Madigan officials defend care
• Fort Lewis soldiers help elementary students get fit
• Fort Lewis Stryker unit delayed by troop boost
February 2007
• Project to unite military bases
• Fort Lewis not likely to get Hawaii brigade
• Fort Lewis gets high-tech gear, but program is terminated
• Shelton man killed in Iraq remembered
January 2007
• Roadside bomb in Iraq kills Elma 24-year-old
• Fort Lewis soldier killed in Iraq battle
• Fort Lewis leader faces tough Iraq task
• Lacey man awarded for civilian Iraq effort
• Bush plan for troops draws ire
• Memorial honors soldiers killed in Black Hawk crash

Photo galleries:
• 42nd Military Police Deployment Ceremony
• Fort Lewis Soldier and Family Appreciation Concert
• 571st Military Police Company welcomed home
• Back at Home: Journey of Recovery
• 3rd Brigade Strykers Memorial at Fort Lewis 2007
• Fort Lewis Memorial for 864th Engineer Batallion 2007
• Welcome Home for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team
• I Corps change of Command
• Fort Lewis Memorial for Six Stryker Soldiers 2007
• Memorial Service for Fort Lewis soldier Cpl. Brian Chevalier
• Four Years of War Hits Home
• Deployment Ceremony
• 8th Airlift Squadron Deploys from McChord
• Fourth Brigade Stryker Combat Training at Fort Lewis
• Fort Lewis Stryker Brigade in Iraq
Hatra Ruins
Baji Oil Refinery
Sweeping the Streets
Soldiers Discover Mortars on Farmland
Iraqi Schoolgirls
Mosul

Dispatches from Iraq
• Iraq: Through a Lens -- War Photography by Tony Overman (.pdf)
• McChord on the move
Base is secret; ache for home isn't
Visiting a war zone
Kidney stones become soldiers¹ silent enemy
The fight for life in war
Saving lives by keeping soldiers off the roads
Mortars a hazard of Iraq
Threat's reminders all around Iraq base
Air Force operates air wars from afar
McChord wing takes flight

War Protests
• Port to pay city $70,000 for protection
• Olympia police face 5 claims
• Port trespass charge dismissed
• Two protesters face misdemeanors
• 5 more protesters arrested as final trucks exit port
• Protesters, police rest
• Convoys exit port amid violent confrontation
• Demonstrators plead for end of shipments
• Community members critical of police actions
• Frustration cited in port escalation
• Tempers cool at site of Olympia war protest
• Protests spread beyond port into downtown Olympia
• Protesters stop military transport, delay work
• Continuing protests cost city
• Two arrested in protest scuffles; convoys roll on
• Movement of military gear starts today
• Protesters of port vow to stop cargo’s Fort Lewis return
• Judge dismisses charges against 5 from Olympia
• Port defendants prevail
• Port protests shift to Grays Harbor
• Army sends cargo to Aberdeen
• Protested Army ship leaves port
• Olympia residents won't be charged in Tacoma protest, prosecutor says
• Tacoma protest leads to arrests
• Training gets activists ready to protest at port
• Military shipment battle brews
• War activists plan new round of port protests
• Saturday rally calls for bringing troops home


Photo galleries:
 Video: Port Protest, Part 1
  Video: Port Protest, Part 2
  Video: Port Protest, Part 3
 User-submitted video: Perspectives at the Port
 Video: Port Protest, Part 4
  Photo Gallery: Port of Olympia Protest Nov. 13, 2007
  Photo Gallery: Military Shipment Protest at the Port of Olympia 2007

Watada trial
• Court-martial of Watada might not come
• Civilian judge blocks Watada's second court-martial
• Watada lawyers argue double jeopardy to stop trial
• Army files new charges in Watada court-martial
• Watada case ends in mistrial
• Ex-commander testifies in war resister case
• Hundreds gather by Fort Lewis to support war resister Watada
• War resister Watada faces lower sentence
• Panel explores Watada debate
• Conduct charges might help Watada's defense
• Iraq War resister's court-martial turns on pretrial hearing today