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Art in Park proves success among community
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Fort Carson Family members look on as a balloon artist creates an animal for a young child during the Art in the Park event Oct. 2, 2021, at Iron Horse Park. (Photo by Walt...
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House of Representatives Armed Services Committee: Clerks from DC tour Carson
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Clerks from the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee try Meals, Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, for the first time Sept. 28, 2021, alongside Soldiers with 4th Squadron, 10th...
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Trunk-or-Treat is back
FORT CARSON, Colo. — A Soldier with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team hands out candy Oct. 1, 2021, during the brigade’s Trunk-or-Treat event. (Photo by Sgt. Gabrielle Pena) FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers...
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DOD says it’s time to renew extended ID cards
By C Todd Lopez DOD News Editor’s note: The following article has been localized to include Fort Carson-specific information. To see the original article, visit...
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Bradley Fighting Vehicle
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Cadets with Mountain Ranger Battalion receive a safety brief Oct. 2, 2021, while attending an M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle gunnery conducted for the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry...
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Celebrating 30 years: Commissaries observe 3rd decade as military’s grocer
By Tamara Eastman Defense Commissary Agency historian FORT LEE, Va. — On Oct. 1, 1991, the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) officially took over the responsibility of providing the commissary benefit...
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Competition tests Soldiers’ medical expertise
FORT CARSON Colo. — Spc. Brandon Gracia, with 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, climbs a rope Oct. 5, 2021, during the Best Medic Competition....
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Transformation: 3rd BCT changes command at all battalions
Editor’s note: This article ran in the Feb. 17, 2005, issue. By Sgt. Jon Wiley Mountaineer staff FORT CARSON, Colo. — The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, began a new chapter in its...
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Soldiers compete for bronze EIC pistol badge
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division and 71st Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) fire M17 pistols Sept. 29, 2021, during the Excellence-In-Competition pistol match at...
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Trojans defeat Fruita
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Fountain Fort Carson’s Myles McClarity, center, a Trojan player, brings down a Fruita Monument ball carrier Oct. 8 during the second half of the game at the high school football...
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Going to California: ‘Warhorse’ Brigade begins movement to NTC
FORT CARSON, Colo. — A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepares a train car for vehicle loading Oct. 12, 2021, in preparation...
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Engineers host Best Sapper competition
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Candidates exercise together Oct. 13, 2021, during the Best Sapper Competition held at Fort Carson. Each team consisted of two Soldiers — for a total of 10 teams —who worked...
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Fire Prevention Week
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Lt. Jason Romaniec, Fort Carson firefighter and emergency medical technician, provides a guided tour of a Fort Carson Fire Department tower truck to Gabriel and Natalie Villanueva,...
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Sending Soldiers off safely
FORT CARSON, Colo. — El Paso County’s Search and Rescue team displays a booth Oct. 7, 2021, at the 1st Space Brigade’s Safety Day. The day was designed to keep Soldiers and their loved ones safe...
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Carson celebrates America Recycles Day
By Susan C. Galentine Directorate of Public Works sustainability specialist FORT CARSON, Colo. — America Recycles Day, in its 24th year, is celebrated annually Nov. 15. The aim of the national...
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Soccer championships
Lonestar player Alejandro Lopez kicks the first goal of the game past the Melandros goalie Oct. 20, 2021, during a game in the 2021 Fort Carson intramural soccer championships. Melandros earned their...
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250 clean community for better place to live
FORT CARSON, Colo. — A Family volunteers to clean up Iron Horse Park Oct. 23, 2021, during the Make A Difference Day event. (Photo by Walt Johnson) By Walt Johnson Mountaineer staff FORT CARSON, Colo....
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Cadets seize ‘The Bird’
FORT CARSON, Colo. — U.S. Military Academy cadets Jacob Teague and Michael Bonifazio successfully carry away the academy’s mascot, “The Bird” Nov. 3, 2021. West Point had six cadets participate in the...
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Black Hawks battle MILES, Mother Nature during ARTEP
Editor’s note: This article ran in the Jan. 29, 1982, issue. Story and photos by John Starline FORT CARSON, Colo. — 1st Battalion, 77th Armor, Black Hawk soldiers recently returned from downrange...
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The force uses live fire to test new zeroing system
Editor’s note: This article ran in the March 26, 1982, issue. Story and photos by Ernest Mills FORT CARSON, Colo. — “Zero … load …. Fire.” That was the idea behind the 4-40th Armor’s live tank fire...
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