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Amid budget uncertainty, airmen in Colorado Springs prepare to fight fires

Amid budget uncertainty, airmen in Colorado Springs prepare to fight fires

Wed, May 14, 2014 - 7:55 PM 0

Four-engine C-130s will fly low over the mountains south of Pikes Peak for the next week as airmen with a Peterson Air Force Base wing...

News: Education
Air Force Academy graduation tickets available

Air Force Academy graduation tickets available

Wed, May 14, 2014 - 3:58 PM 0

Tickets to the Air Force Academy's May 28 graduation will be handed out at three locations starting Friday. The tickets are free, and they...

News: Local News

Soldiers' advocates say Fort Carson banned them

Fri, May 16, 2014 - 9:06 AM 0

DENVER — Two veterans who advocate for injured or mentally ill soldiers filed a lawsuit saying they have been illegally barred from Fort Carson.

News: U.S. & World
Obama presents top medal to Afghanistan veteran

Obama presents top medal to Afghanistan veteran

Tue, May 13, 2014 - 4:56 PM 0

WASHINGTON — It could have been over for Kyle J. White just 30 seconds into the firefight with the Taliban, when a rocket-propelled grenade...

Other than Honorable A Gazette special report

A Gazette investigation shows an increasing number of soldiers, including wounded combat veterans, are being kicked out of the service for misconduct, often with no benefits, as the Army downsizes after a decade of war.

Military Headlines
Fort Carson chief warrant officer a MacCarthur award winner
By: Tony Peck - 0 - Sun, Jun 3, 2018

Fort Carson's Chief Warrant Officer Christabelle M. Mitchell is one of the 28 Army officers to earn this year's Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award.

The award recognizes young leaders, typically captains and warrant officers, who possess a...

Colorado Springs area military events starting June 17, 2018
By: Carlotta Olson - 0 Sat, Jun 16, 2018

THROUGH NOV. 11

Military Museum Tour - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sundays, Dragonman, 1200 Dragonman Drive; 683-2200, dragonmans.com.

THROUGH...

Colorado Springs area military events starting June 10, 2018
By: Carlotta Olson - 0 Sat, Jun 9, 2018

THROUGH NOV. 11

Military Museum Tour - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sundays, Dragonman, 1200 Dragonman Drive; 683-2200, dragonmans.com.

THROUGH...

Military Headlines
Military Update: Pentagon pushes merger for exchanges, commissaries
By: tom philpott Military Update -by name the gazette - 0 Sun, Jun 3, 2018

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan has directed that a task force be formed by July 1 to develop a business case for consolidating the...

Colorado Springs area military events starting June 3, 2018
By: Carlotta Olson - 0 Sat, Jun 2, 2018

THROUGH NOV. 11

Military Museum Tour - 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sundays, Dragonman, 1200 Dragonman Drive; 683-2200, dragonmans.com.

THROUGH...

Military Headlines
Evans Army Community Hospital welcomes new boss
By: Tony Peck - 0 Sun, May 27, 2018

Evans Army Community Hospital welcomed its new boss to Colorado Springs on Tuesday during a change-of-command ceremony at Fort Carson's Founder's...

Military Headlines
Military Update: VA bill expands caregiver benefits
By: tom philpott Military Update -by name the gazette - 0 Sun, May 27, 2018

Congress has passed a massive bill, nicknamed the VA Mission Act, to streamline veterans' access to non-VA community care when clinically...

Colorado Springs area military events starting May 27, 2018
By: Carlotta Olson - 0 Sat, May 26, 2018

Military-related events in and around Colorado Springs.

Military Headlines
Air Force Academy cadets develop leadership skills with drone program
By: Tony Peck - 0 Sun, May 20, 2018

In a squat concrete building overlooking the Air Force Academy's Fairchild Hall, cadets learn and practice the fundamentals of drone warfare.

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Military Headlines
Military Update: New records system slows prescription service
By: tom philpott Military Update -by name the gazette - 0 Sun, May 20, 2018

Tricare users filling prescriptions at test sites for the new Genesis heath records program are likely the patient group most frustrated by the new...

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