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Complete coverage of military and veterans issues in the South Puget Sound.

Scott Fontaine covers Fort Lewis, McChord Air Force Base, the Washington National Guard and the veteran community. Fontaine has worked at The News Tribune since 2006. E-mail along story suggestions and tips to scott.fontaine@thenewstribune.com

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FOB Tacoma
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Posted by Mike Gilbert @ 12:30:58 pm

Flight medics from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron this week begin a sequence of three, six-month deployments to Germany and Iraq, the Air Force Reserve wing at McChord announced Monday.

The wing said 54 flight nurses, doctors and support personnel will be deployed at some point over the next year – about a third of the squadron. They'll go in one of three six-month shifts, the first of which leaves this week, the wing said.

Some will be making their fifth deployment since the military operations that began after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.