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• Fateful Maine flight salvaged B-52s 50 years ago

  January 13, 2013 2:51 PM

  ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) - The B-52 Stratofortress is a legendary aircraft, one of the longest-serving in U.S. military history, even flying missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But it would not have become the workhorse it is without one disastrous flight 50 years ago next week, when a B-52 on... more »

• Medal of Honor recipient sees a whirlwind of attention

  January 13, 2013 10:50 AM

  The Gazette -- The cellphone rang shortly after Thanksgiving, interrupting Clinton Romesha's job at a North Dakota oil business. On the line, a well-mannered secretary spoke. President Barack Obama wanted to talk. The next few words changed Romesha's life. Answering the phone, he was a married father of three... more »

• American journalist missing in Syria

  January 2, 2013 12:40 PM

  BEIRUT (AP) - The family of an American journalist says he went missing in Syria more than one month ago while covering the civil war there. A statement released online Wednesday by the family of James Foley said he was kidnapped in northwest Syria by unknown gunmen on Thanksgiving. The... more »

• Gift wrapped can of ribbons causes bomb scare

  December 28, 2012 8:02 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - The bomb squad was called on Friday afternoon to investigate a suspicious package found outside of a Colorado Springs bank. The incident happened at around 12:30 p.m. at the Wells Fargo branch at Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard. Customer Joe Quintana spotted the red gift... more »

• Remembering the veterans killed in TX train crash

  November 17, 2012 2:11 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float, instinct kicked in for Sudip Bose. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured after the train traveling more than 60 mph in West Texas crashed into... more »

• Veterans in Pueblo talk about what this day means to them Play Video

  November 11, 2012 6:40 PM

  On this day, many veterans say the world stops just to remember the sacrifices they made. Many of them laid their brothers to rest decades ago during wars overseas, and to this day they do not forget why they served their country. We went out in search of veterans... more »

• Hearing in Army general's sex case

  November 7, 2012 10:10 AM

  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - A hearing to determine whether a U.S. Army general will be face a military trial on sex charges is entering a third day with testimony from additional women. A female captain testified Tuesday that Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair twice forced her to perform oral sex... more »

• 9/11 victims remembered at Fort Carson

  September 11, 2012 4:18 PM

  Fort Carson honors the lives lost in the attacks of 9/11. This morning they placed a wreath at the foot of a September 11 memorial. The giant piece of steel came from Ground Zero and is a constant reminder of all that was lost that tragic day. A Vietnam... more »

• Battle-tested, female war vets run for Congress

  August 22, 2012 9:03 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - One flew an A-10 Warthog over Iraq and Afghanistan. Another was part of the 29th Infantry Brigade's medical operations near Baghdad. A third lost both legs and partial use of an arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq. All are war veterans aiming to serve in... more »

• Vets start website to tell stories of fallen

  May 28, 2012 11:20 AM

  FT. SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Navy veteran Clint Davis says it's disheartening to know Americans devour details about celebrities but know next to nothing about troops who've died for the country overseas. He says often, all that ends up being published about a service member killed in Iraq or Afghanistan... more »

• Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid

  April 29, 2012 11:45 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted. Officials say it's too busy surviving to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams of payback and U.S. counterterrorist officials warn that, in time,... more »

• Details emerge about suspect in Afghan massacre

  March 17, 2012 3:12 PM

  SEATTLE (AP) - Neighbors and court records are providing a conflicting, if incomplete, picture of the U.S. soldier accused of massacring 16 civilians in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was flown to the U.S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., yesterday where's he's been placed in his own cell. Neighbors... more »

• Army IDs remains of last missing soldier in Iraq

  February 26, 2012 1:53 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S military says it has identified the remains of the last American service member unaccounted for in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Ahmed Kousay al-Taie was an Army interpreter who was born in Iraq and lived in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was kidnapped at gunpoint in October 2006... more »

• Friends and family speak on double-shooting victims Play Video

  February 22, 2012 8:52 PM

  Friends and family members are shedding more light on a double shooting in El Paso County. A man and woman were found dead last night at a home on Chieftan Dr. near Marksheffel and Bradley Rd. The El Paso County Sheriff's office is not yet releasing the names of... more »

• Supreme Court hears Stolen Valor arguments; local case hangs in the balance Play Video

  February 22, 2012 8:34 PM

  The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the question of whether the Stolen Valor Act is constitutional. It's a law designed to punish people who lie about being war heroes. The case, hearing arguments on Wednesday, is against Xavier Alvarez; a man who falsely claimed at a public meeting... more »

• More cities consider parades for Iraq War vets

  February 3, 2012 12:24 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans is spurring talk of similar parades in at least 10 other cities. Organizers of the parade that drew an estimated 100,000 observers and 20,000 participants in St. Louis on Jan. 28 say... more »

• 32 killed in Iraq after suicide bombing

  January 27, 2012 7:52 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi officials say at least 32 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car in southeastern Baghdad. More than 60 people were wounded Police officials say the attack happened this morning in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood, where mourners gathered for the funeral of... more »

• Military investigating video of Marines urinating on Taliban bodies

  January 12, 2012 7:38 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The NATO-led security force in Afghanistan says the military personnel seen in a video apparently urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters are no longer in the country. The International Security Assistance Force has released a statement calling the actions in the video "inexplicable and not in... more »

• Manning's status as gay soldier key to intel leak defense

  December 18, 2011 10:41 AM

  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Lawyers for the Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history say he was influenced by his struggles with being a gay soldier. The military hearing continued Sunday to determine whether Pfc. Bradley Manning will stand trial at a... more »

• Last US Iraq War death was 23-year-old NC soldier

  December 18, 2011 10:32 AM

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The U.S. military's departure from Iraqi soil has left the city of Greensboro, N.C. with a sad distinction: It was home to the last U.S. soldier to die fighting in that war. David Emanuel Hickman was killed on Nov. 14 in Baghdad, when a homemade bomb... more »

• Fort Carson says goodbye to former Commanding General

  November 21, 2011 11:40 AM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Fort Carson is saying goodbye to the man who served as acting commander for much of the past 12 months. A retirement and farewell ceremony will be held Monday for Brig. Gen. James H. Doty. Doty was named acting commander at the infantry... more »

• Change of command at Fort Carson

  November 16, 2011 4:06 PM

  The role of Commanding General at Fort Carson has changed hands; Major General David Perkins turned over power to Major General Joseph Anderson in a ceremony Wednesday morning on the Mountain Post. Maj. Gen. Anderson will be in charge of the Army's 4th Infantry Division as well as Fort... more »

• Man gets prison in death of Iraq war veteran

  November 4, 2011 6:28 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A man who confessed his role in killing an Iraq war veteran whose body was stuffed in a toy box in Colorado Springs has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. The Gazette reports 39-year-old Peter Steven Miller Jr. apologized before he was sentenced... more »

• Iraqi boy - "secret weapon" for US troops - shares story with News 5 Play Video

  October 27, 2011 6:44 PM

  What were you doing at 13 years old? It was probably very different from Jasim Ramadon. Seven years ago he was living in Iraq and his father was a Captain in Saddam Hussein's military -- telling him to kill Americans. Now Ramadon is 19 and lives in Colorado Springs; he... more »

• Iraqi boy - "secret weapon" for US troops - shares story with News 5 Play Video

  October 27, 2011 6:12 PM

  What were you doing at 13 years old? It was probably very different from Jasim Ramadon. Seven years ago he was living in Iraq and his father was a Captain in Saddam Hussein's military -- telling him to kill Americans. Now Ramadon is 19 and lives in Colorado Springs; he... more »

• Iraqi boy - "secret weapon" for US troops - shares story with News 5

  October 27, 2011 5:00 PM

  It made national news in 2004 when a 13-year-old Iraqi boy -- who, under the codename Steve-O, had helped Americans on missions -- was brought back to live in the United States. Jasim Ramadon describes a childhood that was surrounded by violence. His dad was a Captain in Saddam... more »

• Official: Obama to announce Iraq troop withdrawal

  October 21, 2011 12:50 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House official says President Barack Obama will announce Friday that U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year. The announcement will allow the U.S. to say definitively that the war in Iraq is over after eight years. The official... more »

• US abandons plans to keep troops in Iraq next year

  October 15, 2011 7:53 PM

  BAGHDAD (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that the Obama administration is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline. A senior administration official in Washington confirmed Saturday that all American troops will leave except for about 160 troops attached to the U.S.... more »

• Court says Marine should go to trial in Iraq case

  August 26, 2011 12:46 AM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - A military court has rejected an argument by defense lawyers to dismiss a major Iraq war crimes case involving a Marine whose squad killed 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005. The court said in an opinion Thursday that it disagrees with the defense that the... more »

• Bombing in Baghdad injures 3 soldiers

  August 21, 2011 8:52 AM

  A roadside bomb injured seven people including three soldiers Sunday in northern Baghdad. According to NBC news, Iraqi police said the bomb targeted civilians and exploded while people were passing by a checkpoint. Earlier in the week, around 70 people were killed when suicide bombers, car bombs and roadside... more »

• Army: No known case of body armor failing

  August 18, 2011 4:11 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A top army general says he knows of no case in which the military's body armor has failed to do its job in protecting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lt. Gen. William Phillips, the army's chief weapons buyer, says that means no case in which the... more »

• Air Force pilot gets 3,000 hours of flying time

  July 6, 2011 6:25 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - An Air Force Academy graduate has recorded 3,000 hours of flying time in the F-16 fighter jet, a milestone reached by only about 200 pilots. The Air Force says Lt. Col. Robert D. Whitehouse hit the milestone on June 23 while deployed in... more »

• Number of local troops killed recently in war

  May 30, 2011 1:34 PM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - In more than nine years of war, Fort Carson has lost 321 soldiers including fifteen soldiers from the post who have died overseas since last Memorial Day. Of those killed, 257 died in Iraq and 64 in Afghanistan. An Air Force Academy professor and... more »

• Soldiers return from Iraq, Afghanistan

  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 »

• Iraq war veteran accused of molesting teenage girl

  January 29, 2011 1:11 PM

  LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) - A disabled Army veteran of the Iraq war is accused of molesting a teenage girl. Forty-year-old Dennis Herbst of Loveland is due in court Monday on three felony charges of sexual abuse of a child. He is free on $25,000 bond. His phone number is... more »

• Canadian man charged in terror plot that killed 5 Ft. Carson soldiers

  January 21, 2011 12:12 AM

  A Canadian man faces charges in connection with the deaths of five Ft. Carson soldiers in Iraq. Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa us accused of helping a terror network carry out the April 2009 bombing in Mosul that left Sgt. Gary Woods, Sgt. Bryan Hall, Sgt. Edward Forrest Jr., Cpl.... more »

• Iraqi Christians mark somber Christmas in Baghdad

  December 25, 2010 10:41 AM

  BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi Christians are marking a somber Christmas in Baghdad. Several hundred gathered today in the same church where less than two months ago dozens from their beleaguered community were killed by Muslim extremists intent on driving them from Iraq. In front of the altar were... more »

• Care packages for troops during the holidays

  December 6, 2010 2:03 PM

  News First 5, Mitchell High School JROTC and the Rocky Mountain Honda Dealers are working together to send some holiday cheer to our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Honda dealers brought donations by the minivan load to the high school this morning to create care packages for... more »

• New York-born man arrested in terror case

  October 26, 2010 8:39 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A man born in New York is accused of trying to join the military so he could be deployed to Iraq, desert, and fight with anti-American insurgency forces. Abdel Hameed Shehadeh was arrested in Hawaii and charged with making false statements. He's been ordered to... more »

• Sen. Mark Udall visits Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq

  October 18, 2010 12:44 PM

  Sen. Mark Udall has returned from a trip to assess the status of U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Udall, a member of the Armed Services Committee, visited the three nations between Oct. 7 and Oct. 15. He plans to discuss the trip with reporters on Monday. ... more »

• Fort Carson commander, HQ unit heads to Iraq

  September 30, 2010 8:41 AM

  Fort Carson is formally saying goodbye to about 800 soldiers who are heading for Iraq, including its commander, Maj. Gen. David G. Perkins. The post will hold a departure ceremony for Perkins and the 4th Infantry Division Headquarters unit on Thursday. Perkins, supported by the headquarters unit, will... more »

• Fort Carson major faces federal charge

  September 16, 2010 2:16 PM

  A U.S. Army contracting officer who served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait has been accused of taking bribes from foreign nationals in exchange for giving their companies contracts. Maj. Roderick D. Sanchez was charged this week in Denver federal court with one count of bribery. He faces up to... more »

• Colorado reservists deploying to Iraq

  September 7, 2010 9:37 AM

  About 50 Air Force reservists and three C-130 cargo planes from Peterson Air Force Base are headed for Iraq. Air crews and maintenance teams from the 302nd Airlift Wing will depart Wednesday from the base in Colorado Springs. It's the third deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan for Peterson... more »

• Memorial service today for Colorado Springs fallen soldier

  August 31, 2010 8:38 AM

  Joint Base Lewis-McChord is holding a memorial service Tuesday for a Colorado soldier killed in Iraq. The Army says Sgt. Faith R. Hinkley of Colorado Springs died Aug. 7 in Baghdad of wounds suffered in an attack. She was assigned to the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion of the... more »

• President to address the nation on Iraq

  August 31, 2010 8:32 AM

  President Barack Obama speaks to the nation tonight to herald the formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. The president will say tonight he's fulfilled a campaign promise. Ahead of the speech, he's thanking troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, for the valor they've shown in Iraq.... more »

• New charge against man accused in Colorado Springs murder

  August 25, 2010 9:07 AM

  A man accused of killing his girlfriend and then staging a car crash to cover the slaying is facing a charge of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife, a witness in the murder case. The Denver district attorney's office says Robert Walters was charged last week... more »

• Even with draw down, 3,800 Ft. Carson soldiers are to remain in Iraq

  August 19, 2010 10:55 PM

  The U.S. mission in Iraq now has a new name -- Operation New Dawn. Operation New Dawn means big military changes in Iraq. U.S. boots on the ground are being decreased to 50,000, from a high of at one point over 180,000. Those soldiers who remain in Iraq have... more »

• 3,800 Fort Carson soldiers remain in Iraq

  August 19, 2010 3:27 PM

  About 3,800 soldiers from Fort Carson are staying behind in Iraq in a training role, even though the last U.S. combat troops have pulled out. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division is assigned to help train Iraqi security forces. The soldiers deployed to southern Iraq... more »

• Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home

  August 19, 2010 8:15 AM

  Staff Sergeant Luke Dill was an 18-year-old specialist, when he rolled into Iraq as part of the U.S. invasion. Now, after two tours of duty, he's 25 and says he's proud to be leaving the country with the last of the U.S. combat units. Troops of the 4th Stryker... more »

• Flags at half-staff for fallen Monte Vista soldier

  August 17, 2010 8:47 AM

  Flags in Colorado are flying at half-staff today in honor of a fallen soldier. Army Sgt. Faith Hinkley of Monte Vista died Aug. 7 in Baghdad after she was wounded in a rocket explosion. An Army specialist at the time of her death, she was posthumously promoted to sergeant.... more »

• Obama to hold national security sitdown on Iraq

  August 11, 2010 9:10 AM

  President Barack Obama sits down Wednesday with his national security team to talk about Iraq. All the heavy hitters will be there in the Situation Room, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, national security adviser James Jones and, by videoconference, the U.S. commander in Iraq,... more »

• Care packages to troops being confiscated

  August 10, 2010 8:51 AM

  If you send care packages to a loved on who's deployed in Afghanistan, leave out the tobacco. A new law meant to stop smuggling by mail has inadvertently also halted care packages that include cigarettes and other tobacco products for American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Prevent... more »

• Female soldier killed in Iraq

  August 9, 2010 7:06 PM

  A young soldier, this time a woman, has been killed in Iraq. Specialist Faith Hinkley, 23, died when insurgents attacked her unit. She was stationed out of Washington, but Colorado Springs was home. The photo is from Facebook. Friends and strangers are sharing their thoughts about Spc. Hinkley... more »

• Air Force dog suffering from PTSD

  August 3, 2010 9:04 AM

  An Air Force master sergeant says a military working dog is recovering from a case of PTSD after a tour of duty in Iraq. Eric Haynes of Peterson Air Force Base says a German shepherd named Gina was a playful 2-year-old when she went to Iraq as a bomb-sniffing... more »

• New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans

  July 27, 2010 9:57 AM

  The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought a new kind of patient to the facial prothestics lab at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio: wounded warriors, who have recently suffered heavy burns and multiple traumas. The lab is one of two major facial prosthetic programs in... more »

• Families of fallen soldiers gather in DC

  July 23, 2010 8:29 AM

  About 2,000 families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are expected to join a Weekend of Remembrance activities in the nation's capital. Organizers say the events in Washington will be the nation's largest gathering of families of fallen soldiers. The group Families United is hosting the event... more »

• Iraqi students come to CSU

  July 7, 2010 7:35 PM

  EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - The U.S. government is funding a program that will bring about 50 Iraqi students to the University of Southern Indiana and Colorado State university for six weeks. The Iraqi Young Leader Exchange Program is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and run by the... more »

• Celebs unite to help sons who lost fathers in war

  May 18, 2010 12:05 AM

  A camera crew gets ready to film a live event at the One Good Turn Ranch in Divide. It's called "Sons of the Fallen", a movie theatre event that pays tribute to boys who've lost their fathers in the war on terrorism. It features such stars as wrestler Bill Goldberg... more »

• Fort Carson soldier awarded the Purple Heart

  April 30, 2010 3:06 PM

  Fort Carson has a new Purple Heart recipient. Friends and family came to McMahon Theater on the Mountain Post to watch the award be pinned on the chest of Specialist Robert Hunt. Hunt, serving as a combat medic with D Company, 2-27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, was injured... more »

• Vet gets prison for faking paralysis to avoid Iraq

  April 24, 2010 1:04 PM

  An Army veteran who prosecutors say bilked the U.S. government by faking paralysis to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq was sentenced Friday to 6 1/2 years in prison and ordered to repay more than $300,000. Jeffrey Rush, 27, apologized at times tearfully to U.S. District... more »

• Ft. Carson soldier died from injuries in Iraq

  April 21, 2010 10:06 PM

  The Department of Defense has announced the death of another Ft. Carson soldier. Pfc. Charlie Antonio, 28, died April 18th in Annassar, Iraq. He was injured in a non-combat related incident. Antonio was from Kahului, Hawaii. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat... more »

• Top general says US withdrawal from Iraq on track

  April 18, 2010 12:14 PM

  The top U.S. military commander in Iraq says the planned withdrawal of nearly 45,000 U.S. troops by the end of August is on track despite a recent increase in attacks by militant forces. Army Gen. Ray Odierno also says that al-Qaida's capabilities in Iraq is being degraded. He tells "Fox... more »

• 400 Colorado guardsmen home from Iraq

  March 31, 2010 4:34 PM

  The largest Colorado Army National Guard contingent to deploy since World War II has returned from Iraq. More than 400 Soldiers of the Guard's 3-157 FA were in Ramadi for a year. The soldiers performed personnel security missions for the Department of State, convoy operations, and base life support... more »

• VA seeks to make benefits easier for vets to get

  March 18, 2010 12:25 PM

  The Veterans Affairs Department is taking steps for the first time to make it easier for veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to get disability benefits for malaria, West Nile Virus and other diseases. The VA has proposed a regulation change that lets veterans qualify for benefits by... more »