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PHOTOS: Sumner Welcomes Home JBLM's 17th Fires Brigade
The 17th Fires Brigade, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was warmly welcomed home from Afghanistan at a party hosted by the Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse in Sumner.
When it comes to saying "thank you," sometimes nothing works quite as well as an old-fashioned barbeque.
On Thus. Nov. 1, members of the Sumner and Puyallup communities mingled with JBLM family and friends to welcome home the 1-377 Gunslingers from the 17th Fires Brigade, recently stationed in Afghanistan but now back home at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The 17 Fires Welcome Home Dinner was hosted by the Puyallup/Sumner subchapter of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) and The Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse. About 270 people gathered together, enjoyed a meal, had their photos taken, listened to tunes from the Sumner High School Jazz Band and kicked back in the recliners, couches and chairs on the Old Cannery salesfloor.
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Sumner has "adopted" the 17th Fires Brigade through the local AUSA chapter. Members of the 17th Fires joined Sumner at the Art & Rhubarb Pie Festival earlier this year to show off their war equipment and connect with citizens.
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