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19 hrs ago | CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

Soldier and sweetheart celebrate Fourth with free wedding

Jeremy Bedolla and Cressida Widger were given a free wedding Saturday in Parker.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Life, Holidays, 4th of July, US Military, US Army, Fort Carson, CO, Colorado Springs, CO

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Coastal Courier

Lawmakers seeks support for fight for troops

After once more displaying his frustration with the past legislative session as well as with the Army's decision to not give Fort Stewart a 5th brigade, Rep.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Stewart, Fort Bliss, Fort Stewart, GA

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Peshtigo soldier remembered

Friends and well-wishers carrying candles and waving flags lined the streets of Peshtigo Monday night to honor a 19-year-old soldier who died Sunday as a result of injuries he sustained in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Peshtigo, WI, US Army, US Military, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

KKTV

Fort Carson Has New "Mayor"

If there is anything that remains the same it is change as a constant. Fort Carson today, said farewell to Col.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Carson, CO

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Gazette

Fort Carson soldier Steven Thomas Drees killed in Afghanistan

A 19-year-old Fort Carson soldier died Sunday of injuries he suffered last week in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced today.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Carson, CO, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Sun Jun 28, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Licking their wounds: New federal program pairs service dogs with wounded warriors

Army Specialist Cameron Briggs washes down a cocktail of prescription drugs every day for post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury he suffered when four roadside bombs rocked his Humvee in Iraq.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Ultram, Tramadol (generic), Medicine, Health, Medication, Pain, Klonopin, Clonazepam (generic), Anxiety, Life, Veteran Affairs

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Military Officer

Soldiers Urged to Take Advantage of Mental Health Resources

Jun. 26--In recent years, the military has invested millions of dollars in mental health care, fueling a proliferation of treatment programs while attempting to reshape fundamental attitudes about mental illness.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Carson, CO, Colorado Springs, CO

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Department of Defense News

DoD News Briefing with Col. Spiszer at the Pentagon Briefing Room via Teleconference from Afghanistan

BRYAN WHITMAN : A Okay. A Well, it looks like we got good picture there, and it is 10:31, so let me just make sure that Colonel Spiszer can hear me.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Knox, US Marine Corps

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Denver Post

Mike Rosen: Coffman is not "a shill"

A recent Denver Post letter to the editor maligned U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman as "a shill for the U.S. Army." The source of the letter-writer's ire was an entirely reasonable and balanced guest column written by Coffman on the dispute over the proposed expansion of Fort Carson's Pion Canyon Maneuver Site in southeastern Colorado.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, US Politics, US News, Representative Mike Coffman, Republican, US House of Representatives, Fort Carson, CO, Opinion

Sun Jun 21, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Denver troops return from Iraq

It's a sweet Father's Day for dads in an Army Reserve battalion from Denver. About 75 soldiers are being welcomed home from Iraq Sunday night at Fort Carson.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Carson, CO

Sat Jun 20, 2009

The Westerner

Senator Looks to Lure Army to Texas

It might be a long shot, but U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is working to bring more soldiers to Texas posts -- including Fort Bliss --from as far away as Colorado.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Bliss, US Politics, White Sands Missile Range, US News, US Air Force, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, TX

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Denver Post

Salazar eases Pi on stand

U.S. Rep. John Salazar called a truce in the fight over the expansion of the Army's Pion Canyon training facility Wednesday, saying that he no longer plans to push Congress to enact a permanent ban of the Army's effort.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, US Politics, John Salazar, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Mark Udall, US Senate, Senator Mark Udall

Tue Jun 16, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Ban Extended on Pinon Canyon Expansion

Colorado congressman John Salazar says a House subcommittee has voted to continue a ban on spending Department of Defense money on expanding an Army training site in southeast Colorado.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Salazar, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Military, US Army, Life, Veteran Affairs

Mon Jun 15, 2009

KKTV

Iraq War Veteran Killed In Rollover Accident

A Fort Carson soldier was killed in a rollover accident on Fremont County Road 67, 10 miles north of Highway 50 early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Carson, CO, Life, Veteran Affairs, Fremont County, CO

Sun Jun 14, 2009

NewsBlaze

First Army Division West Headquarters To Move to Fort Hood

First Army Division West, the unit responsible for the post-mobilization training of Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers in the western United States, is moving its headquarters from Fort Carson to Fort Hood, Texas.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Sill, Fort Hood, TX

Fri Jun 12, 2009

KRDO

Former Employee Adds to Discrimination Claims

More claims of racial discrimination and threats on the job for some civilian workers at the Mountain Post.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military

Thu Jun 11, 2009

The Gazette

Carson soldiers leave Pikes Peak for Afghan mountains

Rows of green duffle bags were hoisted onto buses, malaria pills were accounted for, and about 300 soldiers cradling their guns were on their way to Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Carson, CO, Iraq, World News

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Friend: Soldier who killed himself on West Cliff unable to control...

A solider who shot himself on West Cliff Drive recently had become unable to control the aggression he felt after serving two tours in Iraq, a friend said.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Carson, CO, US Marine Corps

Sun Jun 07, 2009

The Gazette

At Fort Carson, 'our big surge is coming'

The Texas crowd will start rolling in next week. But they're just part of the green-clad phalanx flowing into Fort Carson this summer.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Carson, CO

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Denver Daily News

Looking for Murder Suspect

LOOKING FOR MURDER SUSPECT: This past Saturday, Ivory Mefford was fatally shot in the 1600 block of East 31st Avenue.

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Related Topix: Denver Metro, Life, Veteran Affairs, US Politics, US News, Representative Betsy Markey, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Military, US Army, Fort Carson, CO

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