By ABBIE SHULL | The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) | Published: December 22, 2020 TACOMA, Wash. (Tribune News Service) A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier is facing multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, after his vehicle hit and killed two women at a car meetup, according to the King County Prosecutor s office. On Nov. 27, Pfc. Rondale Hendricks, 19, attended the meetup around midnight in north Auburn near state Route 167, according to the Auburn Police Department. The vehicle Hendricks was driving was drifting when it hit three women on foot, according to Auburn police. Drifting is a technique where the driver of the car intentionally oversteers, with a loss of traction, while theoretically maintaining control of the vehicle through a complete turn.
COVID-19 vaccinations begin on Fort Carson
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COLORADO SPRINGS â Vaccines are now being offered to healthcare workers and emergency services personnel on Fort Carson. The army post is the first military installation in Colorado to receive doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Evans Army Community Hospital is managing the administration of the vaccine to personnel beginning today.
According to the Department of Defense plan, the order of vaccinations will proceed as follows:
Phase 1 - Healthcare providers, healthcare support, emergency services & public safety personnel
substages cover critical national capabilities , personnel preparing to deploy overseas, other critical and essential support personnel
Here s a look at five weapons-related programs Military.com has reported on this year:
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division used the latest prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a trench clearing exercise in October at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The event was part of a larger Soldier Touchpoint, the third major milestone in the development and testing of the IVAS, which will undergo one more STP in the spring before initial fielding next year. (U.S. Army Photo by Bridgett Siter)
1. Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).
In October, Army modernization officials finished the third soldier touch point (STP) in which troops evaluated the first ruggedized version of IVAS. The Microsoft-designed goggles are intended to provide a heads-up display that offers infantry troops situational awareness tools to help them navigate, communicate and keep track of other members of their unit day and night.
The names of more than 5,600 graduates from the University of Kansas this spring and summer have been announced by the University Registrar. Fall graduates will be announced in early 2021.
Michael Tirso Moreno, DuPont, Master of Science in Business
Andrew R Rieper, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Bachelor of Arts in History
Katherine Ashley Michael, Puyallup, Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science
Marcus James Boyle, Tacoma, Master of Arts in Global & International Studies
Many spring and summer 2020 graduates celebrated their accomplishments as part of the virtual 2020 Commencement. The university also plans to hold an in-person Commencement event in May 2021 for the Class of 2020. A complete list of spring graduates is available here. A complete list of summer graduates is available here.
Maggie and Eugene Dawson spend a sunny afternoon in their backyard with their two children and their adopted nieces and nephews, the Alejandre children, on June 17 in Granger. The Dawson family almost immediately took in eight of the Alejandre children after their father, Jaime Munguia Alejandre, killed their mother on June 1, 2017. A jury found Alejandre guilty in December 2018 of second-degree murder and unlawfully disposing of a body. Today, Maggie and Eugene have created a home and a sanctuary for six of the children, making sure none of them would be split up.
Photos by Amanda Ray, Yakima Herald-Republic