Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire will head over to the Yakima Training Center on Wednesday to talk to the 81st Brigade Combat Team.

The Washington National Guardsmen are completing a month of training in Yakima. They'll be coming home late this week for 10 days off before they turn around and head to Fort McCoy, Wis., for more training and then the big trip over to the Middle East sometime in October.

The Guard has tentatively scheduled farewell ceremonies at armories all across the state, most to be held Aug. 19. More details as they're firmed up. The biggest, though, will be at the Kent Armory, which is home to the largest concentration of 81st Brigade soldiers in the state.

Fort Lewis officials say they've completed the movement of all of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division's vehicles and cargo containers from the Port of Tacoma back to the post.

The operation occurred without the significant public disturbances that marked the return of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division's equipment last November at the Port of Tacoma Olympia, and the departure of 4th Brigade's trucks through the Port of Tacoma in March 2007.

Fort Lewis spokesman Joseph Piek said Tuesday that 260 Strykers, more than 400 other vehicles and about 700 cargo containers "were successfully and safely moved to the installation using both military and civilian transport."

Detective Tom Williams, a Tacoma police spokesman, said Tacoma officers arrested three persons near the port during the six nights of protests. Lakewood police arrested another five near freeway overpasses leading to Fort Lewis, he said.

UPDATE: Lakewood police spokeswoman Heidi Hoffman said her department's officers made nine arrests, all on the freeway ramps and overpasses. There were three on Friday, three early Saturday and three Sunday night.

That makes a total of 12.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Comparing notes with Lights & Sirens we come up with 14.

The Port Militarization Resistance version is here. The protesters said there were 15 arrests; we could not immediately account for the difference.

Earlier posts from Lights & Sirens are here and here.

Technically the U.S. Army Reserve turned 100 on April 23rd but it has been celebrating its centennial with events all around the country. The Puget Sound-area version comes this Saturday at the Ballard Locks in Seattle.

A combined performance begins at noon by the 70th Army Band and the 104th Division Band. They'll do a re-enlistment ceremony, present Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve awards to several employers, and the 70th Regional Readiness Command boss, Maj. Gen. Chris Ingram, will cut the birthday cake with his sword.

There will also be static displays of military vehicles and equipment, a rock climbing wall and loads of other stuff for the kids. The event runs through 5 p.m.