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The 51st Signal Battalion is a United States Army unit which is part of the 22d Corps Signal Brigade located at Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington. Its mission is to rapidly deploy worldwide to engineer, install, operate, maintain, and defend the LandWarNet in support of full spectrum operations.
The facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army's Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex. This initiative was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Round in 2005 and is designed to combine current infrastructure into one maximizing war fighting capability and efficiency, while saving taxpayer ...
Battery C 56th Artillery redesignated as 2nd Battalion HHD&CT 51st Artillery on 1 August 1921. On 22 October 1921 51st Artillery reassigned to Camp Eustis, VA. On 1 July 1924 51st Artillery, CAC, redesignated as 51st Coast Artillery (TD) Regiment, armed with 24 155 mm guns. 51st Coast Artillery reassigned to Fort Monroe on 8 May 1931.
Owen Ray, a former colonel in the U.S. Army at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, enters a Pierce County Superior Court room prior to his sentencing hearing on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Tacoma, Wash.
Used to support Fort Lewis, Army helicopters assisted with medical evacuations at Mount Rainier National Park on numerous occasions in the 1970s. Army helicopters were also used to insert search-and-rescue [SAR] teams into inaccessible areas on the east, north, and west sides of the mountain, lowering rangers to the ground by a cable device known as a "jungle penetrator."
July 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM Courtesy/GoFundMe A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier drowned July 15 while attempting to save his son from drowning in American Lake, according to Facebook posts and a ...
The force structure at Fort Lewis continued to change, and the stationing of three Stryker brigades from the 2nd Infantry Division, 1 Artillery and ADA Brigade and a Battlefield Surveillance Brigade once again increased training levels at Yakima Training Center. Major improvements to the installation increased its capability to support training.
Drowning of service member prompts shutdown of all Joint Base Lewis-McChord beaches. Craig Sailor. July 17, 2024 at 7:15 PM. Courtesy Britnee Patjens.