US Army

Guilty Verdict At JBLM In Trial Of Sgt. Accused of Baghdad Shooting Spree

Tom Banse — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:49:21 +0000

A case that featured harrowing testimony of combat-related mental illness ended Monday with a guilty verdict. Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted for murdering five fellow servicemen at a military mental health clinic in Baghdad in 2009.

A military judge found the 48-year-old Texas native guilty of premeditated murder.

UW Grad Is Latest Washington-Based Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

Austin Jenkins — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:38:04 +0000

The cemetery at Joint Base Lewis-McChord will be the site of a Memorial Day ceremony to honor fallen service members. A University of Washington graduate is the latest Washington-based soldier to die in Afghanistan.

Army records indicate 25 year old Lt. Travis Morgado is the sixth soldier from the Army post near Tacoma killed in action so far this year.

Just before he deployed in March, Lt. Morgado spoke with NPR’s Martin Kaste outside Joint Base Lewis-McChord. He was reacting to news that a fellow soldier, Sgt. Robert Bales, had been accused of murdering 17 Afghan civilians.

Army Secretary: Nationwide Inquiry Underway After Madigan PTSD Scandal

Austin Jenkins — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:01:06 +0000

A scandal over PTSD diagnoses at Madigan Army Hospital has triggered an Army-wide Inspector General investigation. That’s according to the Secretary of the Army, John McHugh.

Umatilla Chemical Depot Employees, Nearby Communities, Celebrate Its End

Anna King — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:25:53 +0000

RICHLAND, Wash. – There’s one less chemical weapons cache in the world today. The U.S. Army has certified to the international panel in The Hague that the Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot is free of all chemical agents in compliance with international treaties. An end-of-operations celebration is planned for March 15. Correspondent Anna King reports.