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Home / Washington Business - November/December 2003 / Washington Military Links |
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Washington Military Links |
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Written On: November/December 2003 |
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Written By: By Alexis Nepomuceno and Scott Carlson |
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If one thing is clear from this issue’s focus on the military’s impact in Washington, it’s that the military has a tremendous presence throughout the state. However, the size and layers of bureacracy of the Department of Defense make finding specific pieces of information time-consuming and even difficult. The military makes great use of technology to keep service members and their families informed. The websites covering the various military facilities in the state are especially insightful to businesses that are somehow impacted by the activities of any of the service branches.
Although the government has invested heavily in its web activity, finding local and other specific websites can be tricky. We already did all of the hard work for you and have assembled a collection of local military links below:
Editor’s Choice – DefenseLink
www.defenselink.mil
True, this isn’t a local military website, but is also a substantial source of information and portal to other military resources. DefenseLink is essentially the Yahoo! of the service branches and is the best place for any level of research. The site is also well-organized and an extensive directory (www.defenselink.mil/sites/) is assembled alphabetically and by category.
Washington Army and Air
National Guard
This site is a complete guide to the National Guard www.washingtonguard.com and it’s presence in Washington. While researching what’s happening on the ground with the Army National Guard, don’t forget to look up the units in the Washington Air National Guard www.washingtonairguard.com.
Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Division -
The Emergency Management Division
(emd.wa.gov) provides emergency preparedness tutorials or information on past local catastrophic events such as the Nisqually earthquake.
U.S. Navy
Navy ships, planes and submarines come and go carrying thousands of Marines and Sailors to exotic ports of the world, including Bremerton (www.navstabrem.navy.mil) and Everett (www.everett.navy.mil). Find out where by visiting these sites. Naval Submarine Base Bangor - www.bangor.navy.mil Naval Air Station Whidbey Island - www.naswi.navy.mil/pao/index.htm.
U.S. Army
Fort Lewis (www.lewis.army.mil) provides jobs for more than 25,000 soldiers and civilian workers. The post supports 120,000(+) retirees and more than 29,000 family members living both on Fort Lewis and outside its gates in the local community. Fort Lewis proper covers 86,000 acres; the Yakima Training Center (www.lewis.army.mil/yakima) covers 324,000 acres.
U.S. Air Force
There are two major Air Force bases in Washington, both providing their own news publications; Fairchild Air Force Base (www.fairchild.af.mil) and McChord Air Force Base (public.mcchord.amc.af.mil).
U. S. Marine Corps
Although not as many Marines grace Washington state, they still have a presence from Ft. Lewis to Spokane. However, only two of the units have web pages, the 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment (www.mfr.usmc.mil/4thmardiv/14thMar/5thBn/BatP) and Company B, 4th Marine Tank Battalion (www.mfr.usmc.mil/4thmardiv/4thTankBn/CoB)
U.S. Coast Guard
Protecting every business located near the Puget Sound are coast guardsmen from the 13th Coast Guard District (www.uscg.mil/d13/default.htm), and looking out for those who work on the water are the men and women of the Pacific Northwest Coast Guard Auxiliary (www.uscgaux.org/~130).
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