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===Major units=== [[File:US Navy 060408-N-2296G-003 Personnel from the Army, Navy and Washington State National Guard conducts a weapons qualification exercise on a cold and rainy day at Fort Lewis, Wash.jpg|thumb|Rifle confidence training]] [[Image:Pakistani F2000.JPEG|right|thumb|Pakistani [[Special Services Wing]] carrying [[FN F2000]] rifles while on training at Fort Lewis, July 23, 2007]] The United States Army's [[I Corps (United States)|I Corps]] commands most Army units at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and conducts planning and liaison with other assigned active and Reserve component units in the continental United States. It is one of the active Army's contingency corps. I Corps stays prepared to deploy on short notice worldwide to command up to five divisions or a joint task force.<ref name="Icorps">[http://info.lewis-mcchord.army.mil/corps-history Joint Base Lewis-McChord I Corps history]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 1981, the I Corps was reactivated at Fort Lewis. On October 12, 1999, General [[Eric K. Shinseki]], Chief of Staff of the Army, announced I Corps would lead the acceleration of Army transformation, training, and the initial creation of the first two [[Stryker Brigade Combat Team]]s at Fort Lewis.<ref name="Icorps"/> Since September 11, 2001, I Corps and Fort Lewis assets have been active in providing support for [[Global War on Terrorism]] operations, including [[Operation Noble Eagle]] (Homeland Defense), [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] (Afghanistan), and the [[Iraq War]].<ref name="Icorps"/> On February 5, 2004, Task Force Olympia was activated as a sub-element of I Corps headquarters with the mission to command forward-deployed units in [[Iraq]]. This marked the first time that I Corps had forward soldiers in combat since the end of the [[Korean War]]. Task Force Olympia included units from all three components of the Army (Active, Reserve, and National Guard) as well as [[Marine (military)|Marine]] and [[Australian Defence Force|Australian]] officers. Task Force Olympia's subordinate units included the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]], which deployed for Iraq on November 8, 2003, and returned to Fort Lewis after one year of combat duty, and the 1st Brigade, [[25th Infantry Division (United States)|25th Infantry Division]], which departed Fort Lewis on September 15, 2004, for one year, and returned in September 2005. On June 1, 2006, the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, changed its name and became the 2d Cavalry Regiment, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, with its home station in Germany. A new unit then unveiled the colors of its new designation on June 1, 2006: the 4th Brigade, 2d Infantry Division.<ref name="Icorps"/> Subordinate units assigned to Fort Lewis are: {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break|width=50%}} *[[7th Infantry Division (United States)|7th Infantry Division]] ** 1st Brigade, [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]] ** 2nd Brigade, [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]] ** [[17th Field Artillery Brigade (United States)|17th Field Artillery Brigade]] ** [[16th Combat Aviation Brigade (United States)|16th Combat Aviation Brigade]] ** [[201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade]] ** [[555th Engineer Brigade (United States)|555th Engineer Brigade]] * [[593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command]] ** [[42nd Military Police Brigade]] ** [[62nd Medical Brigade (United States)|62nd Medical Brigade]] * Henry H. Lind Noncommissioned Officer Academy * [[1st Special Forces Group (United States)|1st Special Forces Group]] (Airborne) {{Col-break|width=50%}} * [[2nd Ranger Battalion|2nd Battalion]], [[75th Ranger Regiment]] * [[66th Theater Aviation Command]] * 4th Battalion, [[160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)]] * [[404th Army Field Support Brigade]] * Eighth Brigade, [[U.S. Army Cadet Command]] (ROTC) * [[189th Infantry Brigade (United States)|189th Infantry Brigade]] (First Army, DIVWEST) * [[191st Infantry Brigade (United States)|191st Infantry Brigade]] (inactivation ceremony held on 8 January 2014) * Headquarters, [[6th Military Police Group]] (CID) * [[Washington Regional Flight Center]] * [[Western Regional Medical Command]] * [[Public Health Command Region-West]] * [[The KIM Dental Activity]] * The Veterinary Treatment Facility {{col-end}}
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