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Santa to be on NORAD's radar again
The radars are being tuned and the satellites synchronized as the North American Aerospace Defense Command prepares for its most prominent mission of the year. The command expects more than 20 million Internet users and 100,000 callers to follow its Christmas Eve tracking of Santa Claus as he...
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Last hope for Melissa Klein: Fort Carson soldier's wife with rare condition seeks funds for treatment
Melissa Klein's Christmas wish is simple. She just wants to live. Doctors don't expect the 21-year-old to make it past 30. She'd be lucky to make it that long, she said. Hearing her prognosis this year was "a shock, a huge shock," the 63-pound Klein said on a recent Saturday as a machine pumped a life-sustaining cocktail of life-fats,...
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Pearl Harbor remembrance in Colorado Springs moved indoors
Cold temperatures have driven the annual commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor indoors Saturday. The 11 a.m. event brings together World War II veterans and modern-day troops to mark the event that plunged America into World War II. Organizers are hoping to bring several of the area's half-dozen surviving Pearl Harbor veterans to the...
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Schools open but military bases closed because of weather? Here's why
Wednesday’s storm put Pikes Peak region military bases on delayed reporting and drove Fort Carson to give non-essential workers a day off. But thousands of area students, from kindergartners up, had to trudge to class on time as troops got a break. We asked Schriever Air Force Base, which had delayed reporting Wednesday, how they make...
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Fort Carson soldiers lead wellness program for students
It was not your typical physical training session. As a soldier readied his troops for the bend-and-reach stretch, they squealed with enthusiasm. "Reach for the sky, up high in the sky!" he encouraged them as they threw their hands in their air and giggled. "Are you ready to run?" he asked. They screamed with delight. Hundreds of tiny...
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Fort Carson troops bring donations for Colorado Springs' homeless
Their blocks-long formation stretched down Bijou Street when the cheer rose. Scores of people hollered their support for the help they were about to receive from more than 850 soldiers. "It means hope," said Roger Price who waited in line at the Marian House Soup Kitchen more than an hour for warm clothing hauled by the soldiers in their...
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Being deployed? This book is for you
A recently published book for deployment neophytes was co-authored by a Colorado Springs resident who served as a soldier at Fort Carson. The book, "The Ultimate Deployment Guidebook: Insight into the Deployed Soldier and a Guide for the First-Time Deployed," was published last month by Savas Beatie. It was written by former Army Spc. Paul...
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Marine veteran: No fear trying to catch woman at stadium
OAKLAND, Calif. — When he saw a woman jumping from the upper deck at the Oakland Raiders' stadium on Sunday, Donnie Navidad said his military instincts immediately kicked in as he lunged forward trying to catch her. But though he was injured in the process and authorities say he saved the woman's life, he maintains that he's no hero and...
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America forgetting lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan, general says in Colorado Springs speech
Herbert Raymond "H.R." McMaster, now a two-star general of some renown, returned to Colorado Springs on Nov. 13 to tell an audience that America is beginning to forget some of the hardest lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan. McMaster gained fame in 2005 while commanding the Fort Carson-based 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq. There, the...
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A belated thank-you for Colorado Springs vets
Nearly 75 veterans enjoyed a tropical-themed breakfast at the Armed Services YMCA on Nov. 15 - a belated Veterans Day treat for those who were otherwise occupied on the holiday. About 150 veterans showed up at an identical event held at the Briargate YMCA on Nov. 11, said Drew Aquino, military outreach director for the YMCA of the Pikes Peak...
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Service to troops celebrated
Local troops, veterans and military charities were recognized recently for community service at a national military service organization's annual conference, held this year in Colorado Springs. Awardees were lauded before about 600 attendees at the Military Officers Association of America's 2013 Community Heroes Awards dinner at the Antlers...
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Air Force Academy major fined $24,000, but no jail in drunken driving case
An Air Force Academy major was convicted by a court martial panel for drunken driving and making a false statement about how much he'd had to drink, but won't serve jail time. A seven-member jury in the case of Maj. Dennis A. Nita of the 557th Flying Training Squadron deliberated into the weekend in the case, and levied a heavy fine and...
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Colorado Springs runner Jason Brosseau, an Air Force captain, takes Las Vegas Marathon
LAS VEGAS — While on a six-month deployment to the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, located in Southwest Asia, U.S. Air Force Captain Jason Brosseau trained for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon in temperatures averaging more than 100 degrees with up to 80 percent humidity. On leave in Las Vegas on a perfect Sunday night for running,...
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Air Force Academy firefighter earns world title
Air Force Academy Assistant Fire Chief Pat Kraft stumbled on the way to his world title. Midway through his run at October's World Firefighter Combat Challenge in Las Vegas, the Air Force veteran who now works as a Defense Department civilian, drew a two-second penalty when the handle of his mallet fell the wrong way and he felt his...
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Man shot in standoff was Fort Carson soldier; vet says he struggled with PTSD
The man fatally shot by police during a standoff in Fountain on Monday was a Fort Carson soldier who had completed deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. Fort Carson's public affairs confirmed Jonathan D. Clark III, 25, had been stationed at the Mountain Post since July 2009, assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team with the 4th...
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Air Force Academy admits one mistake, but resident maintains: 'You are not being good neighbors'
More than 100 people attended a meeting in northern Colorado Springs on Tuesday to address aircraft noise from the Air Force Academy, with one concerned neighbor even bringing a recording. The issue has been growing since January when the academy changed its flight patterns from its field, just west of Interstate 25. It was compounded when...
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