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  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    'We Need to Take That Frickin' Hill': Sgt. Tavis Delaney Awarded Silver Star for Afghanistan Ambush Heroics (VIDEO)

    With his unit ambushed by more than 200 Taliban fighters and trapped in a firefight that lasted more than 13 hours, Sgt. Tavis Delaney went into hero mode. After coordinating a series of airstrikes, the Washington Air National Guardsman rallied his fellow soldiers for an uphill charge that was caugh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Boeing May Lose $500M In Air Force Tanker Contract

    ​Under a fatty 179-aircraft contract signed by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force, any costs that go over the $4.8 billion budget agreed to will be absorbed by Boeing. And according to new estimates, Boeing is set to do a lot of absorbing.

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2003-2006

    ​Under a fatty 179-aircraft contract signed by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force, any costs that go over the $4.8 billion budget agreed to will be absorbed by Boeing. And according to new estimates, Boeing is set to do a lot of absorbing.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Soldier Gary Pfleider Shot By Sniper, Billed By U.S. Army

    Pfleider has rejected offers from strangers looking to cover his bill.​UPDATE: The Army says it's not billing Pfleider for lost gear. But he still owes them money. Details after the jump. Gary Pfleider doesn't remember much of what happened after he got shot. The former Oregon National Guard ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Marine Evan Sanchey, Out of the Danger Zone

    Evan Sanchey, a war survivor​As he headed back home to the Yakima area last week, young Evan Sanchey could say he'd had his share of dangerous moments. That day a few years back, for example, when he ate a snake on a bet. Or - after graduating from the Yakama Nation Tribal School in 2006, wher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Could an 80-Year-Old Tacoma Drought Offer Haiti a Model for Recovery?

    Could this behemoth be the key to keeping the lights on in Haiti?​In 1929, Tacoma was suffering through a drought and looking for help. No rain meant no hydroelectric power. Cascade Paper Company had to cut power and lay off 300 people. Fort Lewis had to kill the lights at 4 p.m. Tacoma petit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    For an Army Ranger Accused of Stabbing a Man in Olympia, It's Right Back to Work

    Image from KIRO TVSanchez--no desk job for him?​When there's allegations of misbehavior against cops, the officers involved will usually be put on some kind of administrative leave while the case is investigated. They're not sent back onto the street with gun and baton. Different story, it s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    The Guv in Iraq

    She wasn't in D.C. waiting to be named Barack Obama's Commerce Secretary, nor was she conferring with Dems on replacing Sen. Patty Murray or Rep. Jay Inslee after their moves to the Obama administration. All dead-end rumors. Instead, Gov. Christine Gregoire's office just announced, her mysterious di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    A 'Slaughter' Averted

     Soldier of misfortuneRobbing a South Tacoma bank with his fellow Army Rangers was a crazy notion, and he has the mental illness to prove it, Luke Sommer says. But that newly minted explanation isn't likely to save the former soldier from going to prison this afternoon for a $50,000 heist that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Shack Shaking Weekend Show Suggestions For You And Me, Friday Edition

     Soldier of misfortuneRobbing a South Tacoma bank with his fellow Army Rangers was a crazy notion, and he has the mental illness to prove it, Luke Sommer says. But that newly minted explanation isn't likely to save the former soldier from going to prison this afternoon for a $50,000 heist that ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Boot

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Film

    August 27, 2008

    Constantine's Sword: Something's Rotten in the Vatican

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Wanted: A few good hippies

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    'Guilty' Says Mastermind Of Rangers' Bank Job

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Inslee on Tanker Flap: "Bigger Is Not Always Better"

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    Comments of the Week

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    2007 Blue Angels Crash: Pilot's Abs Not Tensed

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    August 1, 2007

    USS Mariner: Surprise! People Do Actually Read Blogs

    Even major league coaches.

  • News

    April 18, 2007

    Washington Divers Are Pining for a Good Sunken Ship

    It's not so easy to sink an old ship in the Sound, much to the chagrin of scuba divers.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    Cosa Rangostra

    It's not so easy to sink an old ship in the Sound, much to the chagrin of scuba divers.

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Soldiers of Fortune

    An elite Army Ranger, back from Iraq, led his cohorts in a precision hold-up, cops say. If money wasn't the motive, what was?

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2006

    State of Denial: Our New Dead

    An elite Army Ranger, back from Iraq, led his cohorts in a precision hold-up, cops say. If money wasn't the motive, what was?

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2006

    Death No. 146

    An elite Army Ranger, back from Iraq, led his cohorts in a precision hold-up, cops say. If money wasn't the motive, what was?

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    That Other Defiant Soldier

    Ehren Watada isn't the first to refuse deployment to Iraq. Kevin Benderman is already in the stockade.

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    A War on Iran

    With dreams of remaking the Middle East, it just might be too much of a honey pot for Bush's hawkish neocons to resist.

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    Home Front Casualties

    Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    From Crater to Paradise

    Another local soldier is mourned.

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    The Hydros Are Poundin'

    Aug. 3-9, 2005

  • Arts

    May 25, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Garth Stein and Jon Ronson.

  • News

    April 20, 2005

    Our Toll Reaches 100

    That's the total of soldiers with Washington state connections killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Weapons of Mass Improvisation

    The roadside bomb has mass appeal among insurgents and is having a massive impact.

  • News

    December 22, 2004

    Rummy, Romanism, and Rebellion

    Maybe a military coup isn't such a bad idea.

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Facing Our Losses: Update

    Washington's death toll in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere is now 73.

  • News

    November 3, 2004

    Minority UFO Report

    If something happens, the feds can't say Ricky Hubbard didn't warn them.

  • News

    October 6, 2004

    Lionesses of Iraq

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • News

    September 22, 2004

    A Lost Cause

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    There's a War On

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Weapons of Mass Decibel

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    The Home Affront

    They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Nuremberg Candidate

    They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2004

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2004.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    The War After the War

    U.S. Army documents warn of occupation hazards.

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    An Iraqi Within

    Hussain Alshafei escaped Saddams repression and landed in Edmonds to live the American dream. Now hes accused of illegally funneling money home. Was he merely helping fellow immigrants feed the families they left behind, or engaged in something more?

  • Film

    January 22, 2003

    Victimless

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • News

    August 28, 2002

    The Ask Master

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    Buddy's Monday

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • Music

    April 5, 2000

    Citizen John

    An honest, painful portrayal of a GI baby's Vietnam homecoming.

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Fighting the Army

    Activist Glenn Milner's quiet campaign to educate high school students about alternatives to the military yields astonishing results.

  • News

    September 1, 1999

    Outing the Amazonians

    Activist Glenn Milner's quiet campaign to educate high school students about alternatives to the military yields astonishing results.

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