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• Soldiers share story from life-saving response Play Video

  April 12, 2013 10:08 PM

  Everything happened quickly Sunday afternoon in Roy Benavidez Park in Colorado Springs. Two men were shot. Both of those men should be okay, but one of them had critical injuries when they left the scene with emergency crews. "We heard just multiple gun shots," says Spc. Ian Carman with... more »

• Former Ft. Carson soldier receives Medal of Honor

  February 11, 2013 7:06 PM

  A former Fort Carson soldier has been given the nation's highest military honor. Retired Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha was presented with the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama Monday at the White House. "These men were outnumbered, outgunned, and almost overrun," President Obama said in the ceremony for... more »

• The wait is over for hundreds of military families Play Video

  November 13, 2012 12:34 AM

  FORT CARSON - In the moments just before their dad marched into the Special Events Center Friday night, sisters Kylei and Elissa Giles said the waiting is the hardest part. "It's really exciting and I'm kind of nervous because it's like I'm seeing him for the first time again... more »

• Fort Carson soldier remembered Play Video

  April 16, 2012 7:05 PM

  Family and friends are honoring the life of a Fort Carson soldier. A memorial was held Monday on the Mountain Post for 26-year-old Staff Sergeant Christopher Brown, who was on his 4th tour of duty when he was killed April 3rd in Afghanistan. SSgt Brown was part of the... more »

• Indiana VFW post named for fallen Fort Carson soldier

  May 3, 2011 6:16 PM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - A Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Indiana has been renamed for a Fort Carson soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. The Journal Review in Crawfordsville, Ind. reports the post was formally designated the Brian Bowman VFW Post 1431 on Saturday. Bowman, a... more »

• Free show will honor 4th BCT soldiers

  August 26, 2010 11:34 AM

  The 2010 Army Soldier Show is dedicated to the Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson who recently returned from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan. Social media is the theme of this year's "Soldier Show 27.0". It features a cast and crew of... more »

• More Fort Carson soldiers due home this week

  May 20, 2010 5:22 PM

  More than 80 Soldiers from Ft. Carson's 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division are scheduled for a welcome home ceremony Friday, just before 1 p.m., at the Special Event Center on Post. The 4th B.C.T. has been supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan for about a year; assisting... more »

• Big weekend for Ft. Carson soldiers coming home

  May 16, 2010 8:47 PM

  The anticipation has been building. You can measure it in signs that line roads and bridges around town. For many who made them, they soon won't be waiting any longer. Nearly 1,000 soldiers are coming home over the weekend, to family and friends ready to welcome them back with... more »

• Soldiers bringing home 3rd highest honor in military

  April 9, 2010 6:24 PM

  Family members in Colorado Springs are getting word that their Fort Carson soldier has received one of the Army's highest honors. Four soldiers, including Sgt. 1st Class John Hill of Fort Carson, were awarded the Silver Star. General Stanley McChrystal pinned the award on Sgt. 1st Class Hill and... more »

• Soldiers and airman remembered at Ft. Carson

  February 10, 2010 8:51 PM

  Another memorial service means more lives given in service of their country. "Unfortunately this isn't out first time around," says Capt. Michael Erlandson, 4th I.D., 4th B.C.T., company commander. Four soldiers and an airman all fought together, and now they are remembered together. Early January, they were... more »

• Fort Carson soldier dies in Afghanistan

  January 20, 2010 2:20 PM

  The Defense Department says a Fort Carson soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says 19-year-old Spc. Robert Donevski of Sun City, Ariz., died Saturday from wounds he suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Abad, Afghanistan. Donevski was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry... more »

• Six Fort Carson soldiers killed in action identified

  October 6, 2009 10:53 PM

  Each coffin unloaded from the plane at Dover Air Force Base Tuesday is covered with an American Flag carrying the remains of a soldier who died in Saturday's fierce attack in Afghanistan. Eight Fort Carson soldiers died. They were with the 4th Brigade Combat Team. News First 5 has... more »

• Eight Fort Carson soldiers die in attack in Afghanistan

  October 4, 2009 4:39 PM

  Eight U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Carson have died after a big attack in eastern Afghanistan Saturday. The attack happened in broad daylight in a remote area near the border of Pakistan. Two Afghan police officers also died from the attack that began at dawn and lasted six hours,... more »