Hey all,
I suppose I'm the new kid in town and thought I should introduce myself. I'm an Army bride-to-be, planning a June 2012 wedding and keeping my fingers crossed the groom will be in attendance (pretty common story from what I understand lol). We are planning our wedding in our home state, which is no where near where we are stationed now, and to make things even more stressful we just found out we are PCSing to Fort Lewis (or is it Joint Base McChord-Lewis... or Lewis-McChord... I don't know. I'm still new.) near Tacoma, Washington.
Is anyone familiar with the Tacoma/Lakewood area? We're looking for some good leads on military and dog friendly apartments or rental homes. Also, does anyone know anything about Fort Lewis? Is it a fun place? Is there lots to do? Going farther west than we already are is super disappointing to me - our families are back east and we were so hoping to get closer to home, not farther away. I'm trying really hard to stay positive about this because we are going either way and a negative attitude won't do anyone any good. Someone give me some positive highlights to look forward to!

Thanks!