You run stories like this:
Support group for troops expands into Lacey LACEY - The Association of the United States Army has formed a subchapter here that will support soldiers and families assigned to a Stryker combat brigade set to return from Iraq this summer.
and this:
Army Chief of Staff Casey checks in on base progress
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord on Friday to meet I Corps leaders and award a Purple Heart to a wounded Stryker soldier. Later, he answered questions on topics such as civilian casualties in Afghanistan and local soldiers returning home.
I'm looking forward to your coverage of this, I'm sure you'll do a better job than the Seattle Times, it's right in Olympia's back yard:
Stryker soldiers allegedly formed 'kill team' to carry out random executions of Afghan civilians 24 Aug 2010 Last December, Army Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs began joking with other soldiers about how easy it would be to "toss a grenade" at Afghan civilians and kill them, according to statements made by fellow platoon members to military investigators. One soldier said it was a stupid idea. Another believed that Gibbs was "feeling out the platoon." Others told investigators Gibbs eventually turned the talk into action, forming what one called a "kill team" to carry out random executions of Afghans. In one of the most serious war-crimes cases to emerge from the Afghanistan war, five soldiers from a Stryker infantry brigade based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord are now charged with murder for their alleged roles in killing three Afghan civilians.
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