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"He's my hero," said Lori Lidyard, wife of Master Sgt. Brian Lidyard. "We are in this together, always." The two high school sweethearts have been married for 32 years, since they were just 18 years old. Together they have raised three sons and have spent three decades serving the country as
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For those of us who have grown up in the Pacific Northwest, who've been weaned on indie rock, and Pac NW indie rock in particular, the name Calvin Johnson is a known and loaded one. For the uninitiated, Calvin Johnson is - for all intents and purposes - Washington's indie
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Calvin Johnson's history is filled with such odd touchstones (the iconic International Underground Pop Convention, Kurt Cobain talking shit about him in print) that it's sometimes easy to forget that he's still creating music that is obsessed with the tonally odd and the religiously low fidelity.
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(446th AW PA) - Reservists from the 97th Airlift Squadron left McChord April 14, flying to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, for a special mission: transporting medical supplies to a children's hospital in El Salvador. Thanks to the Denton Humanitarian Assistance Program and the 446th Airlift Wing, over 12,000 pounds of
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It's not too often that all three commanders of the major Air Force units at McChord Field are in the country at the same time - and have some free time in their schedules. Just ask Gary Brackett, business and trade manager for the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. Brackett spent several months planning
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