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.
The prospect of war with Iran is a local issue in the Pikes Peak region, which has more than 4,000 Fort Carson soldiers in the region with the post's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, a heavily armored unit equipped with M-1 tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles.
The Air Force is well underway in building a new headquarters for satellite troops, and U.S. Space Command will be ready to launch this year, the service announced.
Fort Carson troops and an army of reenactors on Saturday will introduce the public to the role soldiers from the post's 4th Infantry Division …
One person was hospitalized after being shot Wednesday during a fight at a home on Fort Carson that led to online tweets and posts about an ac…
The rumble of hundreds of motorcycles will echo across the Pikes Peak region as a pair of two-wheeled events to honor veterans roar through this weekend.
The Air Force confirmed documents obtained by The Gazette last month that showed four Colorado bases including three in the Pikes Peak region competing with locations in California and Alabama to permanently house the U.S. Space Command, which will oversee the space efforts of all armed services.
With 40,000 active-duty troops at five military bases, Colorado Springs stretches Armed Forces Day into a whole week.
Defenders of ousted Air Force Academy Commandant Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin insist she’s a victim of conspiracy.
Afghanistan is broke, starving and lawless, a report from a government watchdog concludes.
Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin, the first openly gay general at the Air Force Academy, has been removed as commandant of cadets. Leaders there were mum Monday on the exact cause of the apparent firing.
