JBLM soldiers urged to stay focused on mission
by MEG COYLE / KING 5 News
Posted on March 14, 2012
TACOMA, Wash. -- Soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan now face retaliatory attacks. But they also face other pressures that could undermine the mission.
With all the negative news out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord lately including the recent massacre of Afghan civilians, the PTSD controversy, the officer and alleged death threats, it's easy to lose sight of the ongoing fight.
"It just astounds me...how they're talking about this installation," said retired Army Colonel Mike Courts.
Col. Courts was the first infantry division's chief of staff out of JBLM. A highly decorated career military man who was twice deployed to Iraq. So he has a very real understanding of a day in the life of a solider.
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