Week brings education to forefront
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Cpl. Steve Mateo, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, who is conducting an internship at the education center through the career skills program, helps Master...
View Article1-12 troops hone grenade skills
Editor’s note: This article ran in the Jan. 17, 1992, issue. Story and photos by Chuck Boers 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Soldiers went downrange last week to do more than toss a few live...
View ArticleFormer Soldier remembers Colin Powell
“There are many people in our country today who like to run down our Soldiers … who like to say they are not as good as they should be, not capable of doing the job. I just wish that every critic...
View Article4ID Soldiers compete in honor of historic battle
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers lift a vehicle tire onto a shipping container Nov. 24, 2021, during a physical training event commemorating the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. (Photo by Spc. Scyrrus...
View ArticleVolunteer choices plentiful this holiday season
“There are many opportunities for service members, retirees and Family members to volunteer on post.” — Kristen Kea By Scott Prater Mountaineer staff FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers with Bravo Company,...
View ArticleWilderness fitness center: Fort Carson hosts groundbreaking
FORT CARSON, Colo. — (From left) Col. Nate Springer, garrison commander; Maj. Gen. David M. Hodne, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson; Command Sgt. Maj. Adam Nash, 4th Inf. Div....
View ArticleMuch more to pool than swimming
Story and photos by Eric Hortin FORT CARSON, Colo. — Picture a warm, sunny day with a light breeze. Now picture yourself by a pool, relaxing. Others are swimming laps or diving off the board at the...
View Article3ABCT conducts training
Soldiers assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division fire during the live-fire accuracy screen test (LFAST) at Fort Carson, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2021. LFAST is a vital step in...
View ArticleFirstNet to give Army first responders a boost in wireless communications
By Megan Gully Army Materiel Command From left to right, Richard Carrizzo, vice chair, FirstNet Government Authority Board of Directors; Lt. Gen. Donnie Walker, deputy commanding general of Army...
View ArticleFort Carson hosts holiday ceremony
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Maj. Gen. David M. Hodne, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, center, and Command Sgt. Maj. Adam Nash, senior enlisted leader, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson,...
View ArticleLion Games
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, perform sit ups with a log as a team during a battalion physical...
View ArticleOperation Helping Hand: Chapels, local community give to Soldiers, Families
“It brings great joy to give back to the community. There are amazing benefits that come from this. We get the joy of giving to the Soldiers and their Families, and at the same time, we reduce some of...
View ArticleFamily tradition: 4CAB officer continues history of service
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Capt. Alicia Cook, a company commander with 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, lands an AH-64 Apache helicopter at the Nebraska National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility 1 in...
View ArticleWeapons branches close: Carson section one of 14 NWSBs affected
Editor’s note: This article ran in the Jan. 31, 1992, issue. FORT MCPHERSON, Ga. — The Nuclear Weapon Branch at Fort Carson is among 14 at U.S. Forces Command installations closing in 1992 as part of...
View ArticleDPW hosts PCMS Christmas Bird Count
Story and photo by Michelle Blake Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division natural resource specialist A Mountain bluebird sits on a branch at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site. FORT CARSON, Colo. —...
View ArticleHousing residents have voice through survey
Commentary by Col. Nate Springer Commander, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Carson FORT CARSON, Colo. — The 2022 Army Housing Tenant Satisfaction Survey that begins Jan. 11, 2022, and runs through Feb. 24,...
View ArticleFirst baby
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Macie Rae Cook is Evans Army Community Hospital’s first baby of 2022. She was born Jan. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mountain Post Birthing Center at Fort Carson. She weighed 6 pounds, 6...
View ArticleConstruction begins on Charter Oak Ranch Road
Colorado Department of Transportation FORT CARSON, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Transportation and Contractor SEMA Construction, Inc. began work on Charter Oak Ranch Road between Santa Fe Avenue...
View ArticleHonoring Veterans
Jolene Sirmin, a Daisy with the Fort Carson Girl Scout troop 44262, which is part of service unit 417, lays a wreath at a veteran’s gravesite during National Wreaths Across America Day Dec. 18, 2021,...
View ArticleSpace brigade Soldiers qualify on SAW
By Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Rognstad 1st Space Brigade Public Affairs Office FORT CARSON, Colo. — Soldiers with 4th and 18th Space companies, 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, qualify on the M249...
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