The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 2011 Military Family Career Fair tomorrow.
This is a job fair for active duty, Reserve, Guard and Veterans, plus retired military. Those working to find jobs should bring 20 copies of their resume and business cards. Business dress is suggested.... more »
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Pentagon's plans to cut defense spending aren't expected to have a big immediate impact on Colorado Springs.
The Defense Department on Thursday announced a proposal to freeze its growing budget to help the nation reduce its massive deficit. The plan is based on... more »
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Military police were searching for the driver of a car that drove onto Fort Carson without permission Saturday afternoon.
The Gazette reported that the car drove onto the post through Gate 3. A man driving a white Dodge Stratus with a paper temporary plate... more »
Peterson Air Force Base is repairing the roof of a hangar that was heavily damaged by high winds last month.
About half the hangar's roof was torn off on May 25. The Air Force estimates the damage at $140,000.
Two single-engine civilian planes belonging to the Peterson Air... more »
Noodles & Company in Colorado Springs will be celebrating Armed Forces Day this Saturday with free sandwiches for military personnel. You just need to show your military I.D. at any Noodles & Company in Colorado Springs between 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday.
Noodles & Company's four Colorado Springs Restaurants:... more »
A Canadian Press report says that four Fort Carson soldiers were killed in combat in Afghanistan Sunday, the victims of an IED in Kandahar province. The four were members of the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. The U.S. Department of Defense has not confirmed the report.
The soldiers were... more »
Capt. Tess Marcial will spend Christmas far from the Air Force Academy, where she's stationed. Instead, she's deployed in Afghanistan where she's helping train Afghan personnel at a military hospital. The hospital cares for Afghanistan National Security Forces and their dependants. The focus is on women and children.
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