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Army teams going to Africa as terror threat grows
December 24, 2012 11:10 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle extremists. The teams will be limited to training and equipping efforts, and won't be permitted to conduct... more » -
US: 200 teens have been detained in Afghan war
December 8, 2012 12:04 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States says the U.S. Army has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers captured in the war for about a year at a time at a prison next to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The U.S. State Department calls the detainees "enemy combatants" in a report... more » -
Fort Carson veterans use filmmaking as therapy for stress
June 6, 2012 11:32 AM
FORT CARSON, Colorado (AP) - With a growing demand for ways to treat the psychological damage of war, one U.S. Army project is offering therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder by encouraging soldiers to take control of their stories in a filmmaking class, the I Was There Media Workshop. The program... more » -
Army probes drug use by soldiers in Afghanistan
April 21, 2012 11:42 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly obtained data shows that the U.S. Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan over the last two years on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other drugs. During that time, eight soldiers died of drug overdoses. While the cases represent just a slice of... more » -
Fort Carson soldier charged in Fonteneaux murder
January 27, 2012 4:57 PM
A Fort Carson soldier has been charged with murder in the death of SPC. Brandy Fonteneaux, who found dead in the barracks the morning of January 8. Sgt. Vincinte L. Jackson 576th Engineer Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, was charged with an Article 118, murder with premeditation. Jackson was... more » -
Local impact of Army suicide and crime numbers
August 1, 2010 7:53 PM
The effects of years or war and multiple deployments continue to get worse, and the Army verified that this week with a report showing near record levels of suicides -- 160 in one year. "We have an Army that's been fully engaged for almost 9 years now. I don't... more » -
Pentagon and Ft. Carson discussing Warrior Transition Unit
April 26, 2010 1:04 PM
Fort Carson is hosting U.S. Army Medical Command on Post to discuss Warrior Transition Unit initiatives and Soldier care on Monday, according to a press release. The Army created the Warrior Transition Units in 2007 to manage care of Soldiers requiring extensive treatment of wounds, injury and illness. ... more » -
Five Fort Carson soldiers memorialized
March 11, 2010 7:15 PM
"I knew two of them," said Capt. Brett Kelly, a rear detachment commander for the 12th Infantry Division. "Two of them were replacement soldiers that had just arrived to us." Capt. Kelly is referring to the five 12th Infantry soldiers being memorialized at Fort Carson on Thursday. All five... more » -
Army Chief of Staff says time at home should increase for soldiers
March 4, 2010 11:54 PM
Soldiers set to deploy are usually seen off by family and friends, but these men and women got a special visit from the Army's Chief of Staff, General George W. Casey, Jr. "We talked through their training and preparation, and I'm very pleased with what I saw," Gen. Casey... more » -
US Army, Salvation Army team up for Thanksgiving
November 24, 2009 10:50 AM
One fights with guns and one is armed with Bibles, but the U.S. Army and Salvation Army are teaming up to prepare food for community Thanksgiving dinners in Colorado Springs and other nearby towns. About 30 soldiers and family members volunteered to work with Salvation Army staff in a Fort... more »
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