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A Fort Lewis Army captain was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in prison for firearms smuggling conspiracy.
U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman rejected a recommendation from both sides that Capt. Tomoaki Iishiba be spared time behind bars. She says the 34-year-old former Army intelligence liaison to the Japanese military showed poor judgment.
After serving his sentence, Iishiba faces three years on supervised release. Government and defense lawyers recommended a sentence of three years on probation.
He pleaded guilty in July to arranging to send firearms parts to Japan without a license repeatedly since 2006. The components included 60 EoTech 553 holographic night vision sights.
Prosecutors said Iishiba deliberately mislabeled the customs forms on the shipments because he knew sending them to Japan required an export license.
The Seattle Army Recruiting Battalion sent out a press release yesterday about a celebration marking the new opening of a Lacey office. Recruiters moved in Oct. 27. Three days later, it was vandalized.
The release is about the community offering their support, but it mentioned this:
"This was the sixth time Army property in the area has been vandalized in the past three months (Lacey, Olympia, Spanaway, Everett, and Tacoma). These incidents have cost taxpayers more than $8,500 to date."
More than eight grand in less than three months? Remember these boneheads when you fill out your 1040 next year.
About 140 soldiers from two medical companies will return to Fort Lewis today after a 15-month deployment to Iraq.
The 514th Medical Company and the 547th Medical Company deployed in August 2007.
The 547th, an area support company, treated more than 72,000 coalition soldiers and civilians. Its work ranged from immunizations and X-rays to emergency medical support and coordinating air evacuations for critically injured patients. The value of the care it provided is estimated at $12 million, according to a press release.
The 514th, a ground ambulance company, conducted more than 4,000 missions and transported more than 7,000 patients to various medical facilities.
