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• Video of the Day: Surprise Homecoming

  February 16, 2012 8:53 AM

  Surprise homecomings never get old, and our video of the day is no different. This 2-year-old girl had no idea her dad was at the airport after serving abroad for six months. Get the tissues ready and CLICK HERE to see our video of the day and this heartfelt... more »

• Fort Carson soldiers coming home early

  December 21, 2011 11:59 AM

  Nearly 200 Fort Carson soldiers are scheduled to return home six months earlier than expected because they were able to successfully complete their mission, according to Mountain Post officials. Fort Carson is welcoming home soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team Wednesday evening at 5p.m. They... more »

• Fort Carson soldiers returning this morning

  May 28, 2011 8:10 AM

  The first group of returning soldiers with the First Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division are expected to arrive at Fort Carson at 7:00 a.m. Saturday. The 52 soldiers are the first of around 3,500 members of the Raider Brigade who are expected to return from Afghanistan in the... more »

• Local soldiers give advice to the ones just getting home Play Video

  April 11, 2011 6:50 PM

  Local soldiers, looking for ways to deal with their own stress since returning from war, are trying to help soldiers just coming home by giving advice on how make the transition that has been tough for so many. The Army begins screening soldiers right when they get home to... more »

• More soldiers come home

  March 14, 2011 2:27 PM

  A Welcome Home ceremony for approximately 250 Fort Carson soldiers returning from Iraq is scheduled for tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Special Events Center on post. The soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, spent the year-long deployment advising and assisting the Iraqi army, police... more »

• "We're very, very excited and ready for him"

  March 11, 2011 3:22 PM

  Fog machines, Toby Keith songs and a whole auditorium of cheering family members greeted some 250 Fort Carson soldiers as they marched back into the special events center on post following a one year deployment in Iraq. The soldiers are members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry... more »

• Soldiers return from Iraq, Afghanistan Play Video

  March 8, 2011 2:03 AM

  Not one, not two, but three homecomings in six hours happened at Fort Carson Monday night and Tuesday morning. The first homecoming welcomed 250 soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. These soldiers have spent the last 12 months in Iraq where they trained and worked... more »

• Local soldiers home from Iraq Play Video

  February 2, 2011 8:34 AM

  You think you're cold? The average temperature in Baghdad in February is 66 degrees. Imagine stepping off a plane from Iraq and landing in southern Colorado with -30 wind chills. But the nearly 200 soldiers returning to Fort Carson from Iraq yesterday looked plenty warmed by the love of... more »

• Ft. Carson soldiers home in time for Christmas Play Video

  December 24, 2010 11:34 AM

  Wes Nally is back home with his family just in time for Christmas. The Ft. Carson soldier got home early this morning from his 4th tour of duty. "I think this is going to be one of the best Christmases ever," said Nally. "I missed so many of them, to... more »

• Peterson AFB plans homecoming for deployed soldiers

  August 27, 2010 8:38 AM

  Eight soldiers from the Colorado Army National Guard are returning home after a nine-month deployment in Bahrain. A homecoming ceremony is planned Friday at Peterson Air Force Base. The soldiers are members of Commercial Imagery Team 4 from the Colorado Guard's 117th Space Battalion. The unit provided commercial satellite... more »

• Fort Carson soldiers home from Afghanistan

  June 9, 2010 10:59 AM

  Hundreds of Fort Carson soldiers have been dismissed into the arms of their anxious families following a year-long deployment in Afghanistan. The soldiers are with the Fourth Brigade Combat Team, Fourth Infantry Division. They were assisting the Afghanistan National Army with peacekeeping operations. The homecoming ceremony was held... more »

• Fort Carson Captains share "the waiting game" Play Video

  June 1, 2010 11:13 PM

  Ben Eastep waits for his wife as he sits on the bleachers of the Special Events Center at Fort Carson. He never knew how hard waiting would be. "I thought I had this in the bag, but it was a little more difficult," says Capt. Ben Eastep. Nearly two... more »

• Waiting for the welcome home Play Video

  May 30, 2010 7:39 PM

  They may not be rivets, but the staples being driving by Laura Button to support her soldier. "Taking care of things here is the least I can do for the sacrifice that he has made, not only for us but for our country." Button says. Her husband, Specialist... more »

• More soldiers come home

  May 28, 2010 6:18 PM

  Hundreds more soldiers came home Friday from war. Fort Carson welcomed about 340 troops from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. Family and friends were there to greet them when they were released from formation. They've been in Afghanistan for about a year. more »

• More than 300 soldiers back at Fort Carson Play Video

  May 23, 2010 4:57 PM

  More than 300 soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division are back on American soil after spending a year in Afghanistan. Friends, family, and colleagues welcomed them home at a ceremony at the Special Events Center on post Sunday afternoon. While in Afghanistan, they helped... 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 Play Video

  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 »

• Fort Carson homecoming delayed until Friday

  May 11, 2010 12:34 PM

  There are some very disappointed families in Colorado Springs. The arrival time for 240 soldiers returning to Fort Carson from Afghanistan has been pushed back until Friday. Soldiers from two military police units were expected to return Wednesday, but that has been delayed until Friday morning. The... more »

• Fort Carson welcoming 240 soldiers back home

  May 10, 2010 11:12 AM

  Fort Carson is planning a ceremony Tuesday to welcome home more than 240 soldiers who were deployed for about a year to Afghanistan. The soldiers are from the 984th Military Police Company and the 759th Military Police Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment. The 984th MP Company worked with... more »

• 140 Fort Carson soliders back home Play Video

  May 3, 2010 11:12 PM

  Deafening cheers awaited 140 Fort Carson soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Monday night at at the Special Events Center on the Mountain Post. These soldiers have been serving in Afghanistan for the past year. During that time, they performed many duties: assisting with Afghanistan's... more »

• 280 Fort Carson soldiers return Play Video

  February 9, 2010 10:25 PM

  More than half of the Fort Carson soldiers from the 4th Engineer Battalion have returned after a year-long deployment. The soldiers spent their time in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Their main mission was to clear improvised explosive devices from roadways. They cleared 1,700 roads equating to hundreds of miles.... more »

• Soldier returns home to Colorado Springs Play Video

  February 6, 2010 11:43 PM

  Sgt. Nathan Jones has been gone for a year... He's a broadcast journalist in the US Army. Saturday a full stable of family and friends were there to greet him as he returned home from Iraq. "I was very surprised! It was like an out of body experience." he says,... more »

• Kayla comes home Play Video

  January 7, 2010 8:06 PM

  These days, Kayla Kammrad looks happy and healthy, her oxygen tubing the only hint of the medical battle she's fought and won. The Cañon City mom had been hospitalized since mid October with a severe case of H1N1 flu. Her pulmonologist, Dr. Russell Lee, said Kayla's was the... more »

• 13 Fort Carson soldiers return from Iraq

  January 4, 2010 12:42 AM

  A small but hearty crowd greeted 13 Fort Carson soldiers with flowers, signs, hugs and tears Sunday night. This deployment is Staff Sergeant Joseph Washington's second, so the hugs from his wife and two daughters (ages four and two) were extra special. His sister and her seven-month-old daughter also... more »

• Early morning homecoming

  December 1, 2009 7:16 AM

  Fort Carson welcomed home Soldiers from the 749th EOD early Tuesday morning at around 1 a.m. The Fort Carson community welcomed home 42 Soldiers from the 749th Explosive Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group, in a ceremony at the Waller Physical Fitness Center. The... more »

• Ft. Carson soldiers coming home Tuesday

  November 30, 2009 5:27 PM

  Just in time to fully enjoy the holidays with their families, 45 soldiers are returning home from Iraq. Members of the 749th Explosive Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group, will receive a hero's welcome at Fort Carson's Waller Physical Fitness Center, before dawn Tuesday. The... more »

• Obama embarks on his first presidential trip to the Far East

  November 12, 2009 8:58 AM

  President Barack Obama launches his first presidential trip to the Far East today. After a quick stop in Alaska, he travels to Japan. There, he'll dine with the emperor and hold talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Other stops include Singapore, where the president will attend the annual Pacific Rim... more »

• Homecoming queen candidate wants second chance

  October 22, 2009 8:32 PM

  On Thursday some students went online and learned shocking revelations about a 60-year old woman who is running for homecoming queen at CSU-Pueblo. News First 5 has learned she has a very violent past. Juanita Whitaker allegedly shot three people, killing one woman, at a Denver women's shelter in 1989.... more »

• Gay student, senior citizen run for homecoming queen Play Video

  October 21, 2009 4:09 PM

  CSU-Pueblo has two diverse candidates running for Homecoming Queen this week. DeMarques Taylor is a 21-year old man. One of Taylor's challengers is Juanita Whitaker, a 60-year old woman. The candidates are getting a lot of attention from student because CSU-Pueblo says it's never had a male student or a... more »