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Tom Roeder

Military Editor

Tom Roeder is the Gazette's senior military editor. In Colorado Springs since 2003, Tom covers seven military installations in Colorado, including five in the Pikes Peak region. His main job, though, is being dad to two great kids.

Ariana Walter, 16, left, Angela Walter, Daniel Walter and Hunter Walter, 8, explore their new Ford Fusion outside of Safeway in Fountain, Colo. on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Daniel Walter served as a Blackhawk Crew Chief, and arrived at the event thinking he would be an Operation Homefront spokesperson. (The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

WATCH: Disabled veteran gets four-wheeled surprise in Fountain

By: tom roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com • Yesterday

With a wheezing minivan and an aging Pontiac that won't run, Army veteran Daniel Walter struggled to get his wife and two kids around town while still getting to his seemingly-endless series of VA medical...

pinon canyon soldier training
Soldiers with the 2nd BCT set out with their weapons and packs during training at Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in this Gazette file photo.

Long-rumored deployment of 6,000 Fort Carson troops relayed in unique fashion

By: tom roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com • Updated: Fri, Sep 15, 2017

More than 6,000 Fort Carson soldiers will head to Afghanistan in the coming months, joining a planned surge of American forces aimed at quelling violence there.

The long-rumored deployment was confirmed...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, a collection of more than a dozen apartment buildings, on Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Generals: North Korean nuclear menace is 'hiccup' compared to Cold War

By: tom roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com • Updated: Fri, Sep 15, 2017

The North Korean nuclear bomb test last weekend raised tensions across the globe, but retired generals in Colorado Springs aren't overly worried about the menace presented by Kim Jong Un.

Yes, North Korea...

Hurricane Irma Georgia
Tybee Island resident Joe Murphy wipes the sweat off his face while standing in knee deep water from Tropical Storm Irma outside his house, Monday, Sept., 11, 2017, on Tybee Island, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Colorado Guard sends communications help to Florida

By: Tom Roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com • Updated: Mon, Sep 11, 2017

The Colorado National Guard has sent six airmen to help emergency crews in Florida with satellite communications.

The airmen, from the Greeley-based 233rd Space Communications Squadron, are experts at...

Sept 11 Anniversary
The podium awaits the arrival of President Donald Trump as a U.S. flag is unfurled at the Pentagon on the 16th anniversary of the September 11th attacks Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

9/11 ceremonies planned around Colorado Springs

By: Tom Roeder, The Gazette • Updated: Mon, Sep 11, 2017

Tributes to 9/11 are scheduled Monday in the Colorado Springs area with a military ceremony planned for Schriever Air Force Base.

Troops from the Pikes Peak region will remember 9/11 as they gather at...

Bob McLaughlin runs the Mount Carmel Center of Excellence, a veteran-aimed charity that organized Friday's food giveaway. Gazette file photo.

Food giveaway kicks off events to remember and honor 9/11

By: tom roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com • Updated: Fri, Sep 8, 2017

A food giveaway Friday kicked off local efforts to remember the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on New York and Washington.

Scores of soldiers and veterans lined up in a field near the...

Attendees don costumes for last year's Oktoberfest. Courtesy.

Pikes Pub: The time has come to worship lederhosen, German beer in Colorado Springs

By: tom roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com • Updated: Fri, Sep 8, 2017

A few of you can rejoice: You have made it to the only time of year when you can wear lederhosen in Colorado Springs. The rest of us get something to smile about, too: Oktoberfest, the annual celebration of beer...

Fort Carson soldiers help load supplies as part of mission to provide hurricane relief in Texas. The Department of Defense is conducting Defense Support of Civil Authorities operations in response to the effects of Hurricane Harvey. DSCA operations are part of the DOD's response capability to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and mitigating property damage in response to a catastrophic disaster. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Fort Carson troops wrap up Harvey work, brace for Irma

By: tom roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com • Updated: Fri, Sep 8, 2017

A team of Fort Carson soldiers is wrapping up disaster response work in Texas and readying to race to Florida to do battle with Hurricane Irma.

Nearly 100 soldiers from the post's 4th Sustainment Brigade have...

A second firefighting plane from Colorado Springs' 302nd Airlift Wing has been called to battle wildland blazes raging across the West. (Photo courtesy of 302nd Airlift Wing/Twitter)

Second Colorado Springs Air Force plane sent to battle blazes in West

By: TOM ROEDER tom.roeder@gazette.com • Updated: Thu, Sep 7, 2017

A second firefighting plane from Colorado Springs' 302nd Airlift Wing has been called to battle wildland blazes raging across the West.

The four-engine C-130 is equipped to drop retardant that slows the...

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