JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Visitors to Joint Base Lewis-McChord now have to be sponsored by a Defense Department identification card holder to enter the base near Tacoma.
It’s part of increased security that took effect Wednesday as a precaution for the tenth anniversary of September 11.
JBLM is one of the nation’s largest military bases with more than 33,000 active duty personnel.
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