Fort Irwin News

Dianna Ross came in to work at the Barstow Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday morning to find an unwelcome visitor on her door step - a three and a half-foot gopher snake.

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“I've learned more from this NTC rotation than any I've ever experienced”

FT. IRWIN, Calif: The National Training Center here has made significant progress in improving force-protection training for Army brigade combat teams as they prepare for future deployments to Iraq and ... via Defence Talk

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“I think by this time tomorrow, every one of us is going to be battle buddies for life”

Soldiers from Fort Irwin's 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment adjust their rucksacks Tuesday before departing for a two-day, 50 km road march around Tiefort Mountain. via Desert Dispatch

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“I was just informed that is where it is going”

What to do with a 104-foot flagpole that has a tale? Eight years ago, Army Staff Sgt. via Stars and Stripes

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A group of Fort Carson soldiers spent last week fighting a mock war in the California desert to get ready for fighting in Iraq this fall.

The 3,800-soldier 2nd Brigade Combat team, 4th Infantry Division, found itself locked in realistic battle with insurgent groups that included Iraqi-born role players who work at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif.

For the troops, it's a graduation exercise that proves their readiness for war service.

"They will do everything from a cordon and search to area patrols," Col. Butch Kievenaar said in a telephone interview. Read more

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Hundreds of tortoises protected under state and federal endangered species law are being threatened by California's coyote population, scientists say. via The Post Chronicle

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“Now they want to shoot them. Fine. But what happens if there are unforeseen implications from wiping out the region's top predator, like an explosion of rabbits and rats?”

BARSTOW - As the sun rose over the Mojave Desert, researcher Kristina Drake approached with caution as a creature with weary eyes, a scuffed carapace and skin as rough as rhino hide peered at her from the ... via Los Angeles Times

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“We did give them a good scare”

Greg Vice get blown up four times a day. Each time, he flops around on the desert floor like a fish out of water, screaming, cussing and throwing rocks. via Desert Dispatch

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A Fort Carson soldier died during a training exercise in California's Mojave Desert, the Army said Monday. via The Gazette

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