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• Actors, fake gore help mimic potential terror attack, response

  August 11, 2011 in City on Page A5 Nearly 1,000 service members and civilians are sweating through a week of training in Spokane, preparing the Washington National Guard for the aftermath of a potential terrorist attack. Washington was … 10

• Dog tag returns home after 66 years

  August 3, 2009 in City More than 66 years after Cpl. Walter Raymond Hahn of Spokane died in the battle for Guadalcanal, his dog tag made it back to his sister in Washington state. 1

• Guard members back from mission in Iraq

  August 2, 2009 in City on Page B1 After almost a year away from their families, and putting themselves in harm’s way, 57 members of the Washington National Guard’s 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team arrived home to cheers, …

• Guard unit makes it home

  August 1, 2009 in News, City After almost a year away from their families, and putting themselves in harm’s way, 57 members of the Washington National Guard’s 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team arrived home to cheers, …

• Memento of WWII reaches soldier’s son

  June 10, 2009 in City on Page A1 John McGrath came home to Spokane at the end of World War II after nearly five years in the Army. One of his dog tags didn’t. It was left on …

• Washington’s 81st Brigade to return this summer

  March 31, 2009 in Nation/World, City The Washington National Guard’s 81st Brigade Combat Team is already making plans to return home this summer. It mobilized last August for a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

• Gregoire pays visit to 81st Brigade in Iraq

  January 7, 2009 in City on Page A5 Gov. Chris Gregoire fulfilled a promise this week that she made last summer to departing Washington National Guard troops: that she’d visit them in Iraq. And after spending part of …

• Governor pays visit to 81st Brigade in Iraq

  January 7, 2009 in City on Page A5 Gov. Chris Gregoire fulfilled a promise this week that she made last summer to departing Washington National Guard troops: that she’d visit them in Iraq. And after spending part of …

• Gov. Gregoire in Iraq visiting troops

  January 6, 2009 in City Gov. Chris Gregoire visiting National Guard troops in Iraq, says they face safer duty than last time. 1