Fort Irwin News Archives

The man behind the plan: President Bush gestures while posing for photos with troops during his visit to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., last April.

For some people, community college offers a second chance at success. Barstow Community College valedictorian Jessica Rice is a case in point.

Sanchez in his uniform in the 1940s. As this year's Grand Marshall of the annual Memorial Day Parade, Frank Sanchez brings credibility to the role.

A soldier from Seymour is helping to train troops for the battlefields in Iraq. The training field at Fort Irwin looks and sounds like a warzone, but at this facility Specialist Shane Pollard plays the part of ...

A national training center in California is the final place for many U.S. Soldiers before they're sent abroad.

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.

“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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

“Barracks are going to be what they are - barracks”

In the aftermath of a controversy over the poor conditions of soldiers' barracks at Army posts, Secretary of the Army Peter Geren took a look at the rooms where Fort Irwin soldiers sleep when they are not ... via Desert Dispatch

“We have two job openings for sales and we have about 70 applications”

Despite the economy's downturn, the job prospects for recent college graduates looks good - for now, according to recent reports. via Victorville Daily Press