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• Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses

  May 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Army leaders are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly … 2

• Soldier charged in Afghan shooting rampage

  March 23, 2012 in Nation/World U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged today with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a capital offense that could lead to the death penalty in the massacre of Afghan … 7

• Next IT has United on board

  November 19, 2011 in Business on Page A6 Spokane-based tech company Next IT announced that United Airlines will start using its virtual customer agent online next year. The company has developed similar products for Alaska Airlines and Continental …

• Sergeant honored for actions in Iraq

  September 28, 2011 in City on Page A6 A Spokane Tribe member has received the Bronze Star for “exceptionally meritorious service” while serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class Michael C. Sebastian, 40, is a … 2

• 5 apparent suicides of JBLM soldiers since July 1

  August 17, 2011 in Region Since the first of July, five soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord have died in apparent suicides, part of an Army-wide upsurge in such deaths despite stepped-up prevention efforts. 3

• Veteran recalls the fallen

  July 5, 2011 in City on Page A6 WINCHESTER, Idaho – It’s been more than eight years since Jessica Lynch was taken prisoner in the early days of the Iraq War, but the former Army supply clerk still …

• Fallen soldier remembered as father, son, hero and ‘a brat’

  June 5, 2011 in City on Page B1 Army Sgt. 1st Class Clifford E. Beattie was remembered Saturday morning as a leader dedicated to serving his family and his country, a courageous man and an avid fisherman who … 1

• 2 more soldiers face courts-martial in Afghan case

  December 10, 2010 in Region Officials at Joint Base Lewis-McChord say cases against two more soldiers charged with misconduct in Afghanistan will proceed to courts-martial.

• Army reviews 5th Stryker leadership in alleged killings

  November 22, 2010 in Region The Army has appointed a brigadier general to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the Washington-state based 5th Stryker Brigade, after some of its members were charged this year with rampant …

• Soldier charged in Afghan killings doesn’t testify

  November 9, 2010 in Region Most of the soldiers charged along with an Army sergeant accused of masterminding a plan to kill Afghan civilians are declining to testify at a military hearing to determine whether …

• Hearing begins in alleged plot to murder Afghans

  September 27, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Despite the array of prescription drugs he was taking, an Army soldier’s videotaped statement describing how he and his colleagues randomly killed three Afghan civilians appeared to be a reliable … 1

• Army: Fort Lewis-based sergeant kept body parts

  September 8, 2010 in Region New documents released by the Army say a staff sergeant charged in a conspiracy to murder civilians kept Afghan body parts and threatened his subordinates.

• Army: Lewis-McChord soldiers plotted to kill Afghans

  August 25, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Seven more soldiers from a Stryker brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord have been charged in connection with a conspiracy to kill Afghan civilians. 5

• Iraq combat troops return to Lewis-McChord

  August 19, 2010 in Region With one last command, 150 members of the Army’s 4th Stryker brigade broke formation and rushed to embraced their loved ones. Husbands and wives kissed and hugged their children as … 6

• U.S. troops savor peaceful role in Haiti

  January 25, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Cite Soleil looks like a place where an American soldier might be expected to fight. An impossibly crowded warren of tin-roofed shacks, open sewers and blind alleys, …

• Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war

  November 27, 2009 in Nation/World The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs …

• Gates orders Fort Hood inquiry

  November 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A wide-ranging review ordered Thursday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates will strive to answer what he called “troubling questions” raised by the shootings at Fort Hood. The Pentagon …

• Suicides among soldiers approach record for year

  November 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Suicides in the Army are expected to reach a new high this year, with 140 suspected cases among active-duty soldiers so far, Army officials said Tuesday. This will … 2

• Army suicides to top 2008, but progress reported

  November 17, 2009 in Nation/World Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year’s, but a recent decline in the pace of such deaths could mean the Army is making progress in stemming … 2

• Wounded soldier believes fast action at Fort Hood saved life

  November 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 Since a killer’s bullet entered the back of his left shoulder, Pfc. George Stratton III, of Post Falls, has shaken President Barack Obama’s hand and been hugged by the first …

• Soldier mother skips deployment for baby

  November 17, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 SAVANNAH, Ga. – An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care …

• Raeed N. Tayeh: Shooting puts Muslims under harsher scrutiny

  November 16, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 For American Muslims, the Fort Hood massacre is a crisis. There are open calls for a blanket investigation of Muslims in the military and even demands for a ban on … 1

• Nation in brief: Post reports Imam denies Fort Hood role

  November 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The radical Muslim imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect said he did not pressure Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported … 1

• Charges filed against Hasan

  November 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 FORT HOOD, Texas – Military officials on Thursday filed 13 charges of premeditated murder against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for allegedly gunning down his fellow soldiers last week, setting the …

• Suspect’s superiors questioned behavior

  November 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A group of doctors overseeing Nidal Malik Hasan’s medical training discussed concerns about his zealous religious views and strange behavior months before the Army major was accused of … 1

• Trip to Netherlands honors local war hero

  November 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W6 A group of Inland Northwest residents, including family members of a local war hero, gathered in Best, Netherlands, earlier this fall to mark the 65th anniversary of the Allied liberation …

• Obama praises Texas fallen

  November 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 FORT HOOD, Texas – President Barack Obama tried to console a grieving military Tuesday, telling the families of those killed in last week’s shooting rampage that “your loved ones endure … 1

• Biden speaks at memorial at Fort Lewis

  November 11, 2009 in City on Page A8 FORT LEWIS, Wash. – Seven Fort Lewis soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were “decent, ordinary, yet extraordinary” young men to whom the nation owes more than it …

• Biden: 7 Wash. state soldiers were extraordinary

  November 10, 2009 in Region Seven Fort Lewis soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were “decent, ordinary, yet extraordinary” young men to whom the nation owes more than it can repay, Vice President …

• Obama pays tribute to Fort Hood victims

  November 10, 2009 in Nation/World One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as … 6

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