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Commissaries will close more days because of sequestration

It's just a tiny piece of $1 trillion in budget cuts the Pentagon expects to make over the next decade. Furloughs - unpaid days off for...
Lamborn: Army mum on whether Fort Carson will grow or shrink

With a decision to significantly cut or marginally increase troop strength at Fort Carson expected by the end of the month, the Army is keeping...
Soldier calls shooting at Garden of the Gods 'a big mistake'

Between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Monday morning residents on the southern edge of Garden of the Gods woke to sporadic, rapid gunfire. Some hit the floor....
Four Air Force Academy cadets headed to Poland to study Holocaust

Four Air Force Academy cadets will ponder some of the worst decisions made in military history this summer during a two-week trip to Auschwitz to...
Air Force Academy cadet hits the sky to rescue dogs

Cadet Adam McMurray has a soft spot for furry friends. So when McMurray, a licensed pilot and senior at the Air Force Academy, learned that a...
Pikes Peak region awards: June 2

Marine Lance Cpl. Evan Bernabei Marine Lance Cpl. Evan Bernabei has been meritoriously promoted to the rank of corporal, according to his...
Calendar of events starting June 2, 2013

CALENDAR Tuesday Reassignment briefings - For soldiers on assignment instructions for overseas and stateside locations, 7 a.m. sign-in,...
Pikes Peak region roundup: June 2

Museums offering free admission More than 2,000 museums across the nation, including two in Colorado Springs, will offer free admission to troops...
Some GI skills translate to everyday life

Twenty-four military spouses silently sat in a dim room. Their eyes were closed. If not for the whirring of fans and the recording of a male...
POWs reunite after 40 years

YORBA LINDA, Calif. - U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by...
House panel rejects pay cap, most Tricare increases

Even as the defense budget drops like a rock and the Joint Chiefs urge Congress to spread some of the fiscal pain across personnel accounts, the...
Fort Carson commander says post could lose 8,000 soldiers - or gain 3,000

Looming Pentagon cuts that would cut the Army's ranks by 80,000 could mean 8,000 fewer soldiers at Fort Carson in the future, the post's commander...
A day of memories and anticipation for graduating Air Force Academy cadets

The name sounded so familiar when read Wednesday at the Air Force Academy. "Ambard." With that call, Timothy Ambard bid adieu to the place...
Air Force Academy graduates salute the past, look to the future

Beneath a rousing flyover of decades-old warbirds, 1,024 newly commissioned second lieutenants graduated Wednesday from the Air Force Academy -...
Air Force Academy seniors tell of paths that led to graduation this week

On June 25, 2009, 1,376 fresh-faced civilians reported to basic training at the U.S. Air Force Academy. They were the class of 2013, and...

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