Two other high-profile cases involving Fort Lewis soldiers are still pending.

Spc. Ivette G. Davila is charged with murder, burglary and kidnapping following the deaths of two other Fort Lewis soldiers. Investigators said Davila shot the two soldiers, took their baby and burned their bodies with acid.

Davila has been held in confinement at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor while awaiting her Article 32 hearing. The proceeding has been delayed numerous times at the request of defense attorneys, a Fort Lewis spokesman said.

And the Army is still considering the remaining charges of conduct unbecoming an officer against Lt. Ehren Watada, who refused to deploy with his unit of 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. An appeal to continue prosecuting him on more serious charges was dropped in May.

Watada is assigned to the I Corps Special Troops Battalion rear detachment, where he serves as an operations officer.

The Los Angeles Times carried a great article yesterday about Spc. Erik Oropeza, who won the Distinguished Service Cross while serving with Fort Lewis' 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.

Oropeza, now 22, is now serving at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., but his story of heroism is well worth a few minutes of your time.

If you have Google Earth installed on your computer, make sure not to miss Map the Fallen.

It maps out details of each coalition soldier killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here are a couple of screengrabs:

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Twenty-four names are being added to the Army Special Operations Command Memorial Wall in Fort Bragg, N.C. They were killed over the past two years in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Six of those are from Fort Lewis.

From 1st Special Forces Group:

Staff Sgt. Joseph F. Curreri, of Baltimore, Md.
Staff Sgt. David W. Textor, from Jamestown, N.Y.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Tully, from Falls Creek, Pa.

And from 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment:

Sgt. 1st Class David L. McDowell, of Ramona, Calif.
Spc. Thomas F. Duncan III, of Rowlett, Texas
Spc. Christopher Gathercole, of Santa Rosa, Calif.

The folks at Madigan Army Medical Center are going to cut the ribbon this week on a new Specialty Care Unit, including a pediatric intensive care unit and an adult progressive care unit. The former means fewer referrals to Seattle Children's Hospital or Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma.

Click below to read the press release:

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