COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — One of the nation’s top generals visited Fort Carson to speak with leaders and soldiers about future operations as well as local issues on the post. General James McConville is the Chief of Staff of the Army and started his tour of the Mountain Post on Tuesday. He says the
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Air Force Academy is renaming a building after a graduate and distinguished Airman and NASA astronaut. The AFA is renaming the Consolidated Education and Training Facility after Distinguished Graduate Col. (retired) Frederick Gregory, Class of 1964 The CETF houses the Dean of Faculty’s Astronautical Engineering and Civil Engineering
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FORT CARSON, CO. (KRDO) – About 200 soldiers with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division will be coming home after being deployed to Los Angeles to support FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency with COVID-19 vaccine efforts at California State University, Los Angeles. The soldiers deployed under the leadership of the 299th
Continue ReadingFORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) — At Fort Carson, all service members are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines. Appointments began Friday at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center. The Mountain Post says all active duty service members should contact their chain of command to schedule an appointment. However, officials warn family members and beneficiaries may
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In celebration of its new Colorado Springs location opening, Scheels donated $10,000 to the Home Front Military Network. The non-profit will use the money to provide essential resources for military service members, veterans, and their families. Scheels says it’s excited to give back and work with local military families. The
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. (KRDO) – To minimize veteran suicide across Colorado, Senate President Leroy Garcia, D-Pueblo, is working to pass this bill that would lay the groundwork for a pilot program for veterans. The bill, which aims to establish a veteran suicide prevention pilot program, passed unanimously through committee in the Colorado State Senate last
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AURORA, Colo. (KRDO) — The VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System expanded COVID-19 vaccination eligibility to include all enrolled Veterans, regardless of age or health conditions. Currently, more than 130,000 Colorado Veterans are enrolled in VA ECHCS. With the update, they are all eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines are offered by appointment only
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fort Carson Army Field Support Battalion hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly built Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) Friday. The ceremony highlighted the advances of the new ASP, which took two years and over $18 million to complete, and how these advances will help train Soldiers in the proper management of ammunition
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FORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) — Starting Thursday, soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, will redeploy to Fort Carson from Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. Fort Carson says due to the military Stryker vehicles, drivers should expect heavier traffic along the I-25 corridor between Trinidad and Fort Carson.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s been 30 years since El Paso County updated its master plan to manage future growth, so officials are working to finalize their latest plan this spring. The effort has a fair sense of urgency because the county expects 250,000 people to move in during the next 30 years
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Prior to the pandemic and prior to the start of the renovation project, the U.S. Air Force Academy chapel was the most visited man-made attraction in Colorado, attracting more than 500,000 visitors every year. At this time, it is still off-limits to guests, but this week KRDO was allowed inside
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Dozens of local students from the Colorado Springs area are hoping to begin their journeys to become officers in the US Military after receiving recommendations from Rep. Doug Lamborn to join one of the U.S. Service Academies. Fifty students from Colorado’s 5th Congressional District were given recommendations to either West
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A documentary on the historic Tuskegee Airmen, airing at 6 p.m. Wednesday on History (the cable network also known as the History Channel), will have a strong emphasis on Colorado Springs. The hourlong documentary, titled Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage, will include a visit to the city’s National Museum of
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The letter asks the Government Accountability Office to review the methods and process behind the decision to move U.S. Space Command.
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FORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) — Two Fort Carson Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division won the coveted Army-wide Best Medic Competition. In a statement, Sgt. Tyrel Trainor and Spc. Anchor Jennison defeated 21 other two-soldier teams at Fort Gordon, Georgia, last month. Both soldiers are medics with 2nd SBCT. To
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A student at Widefield High School had the opportunity to speak to First Lady Jill Biden during a Zoom meeting Friday. Jacob Parra is part of the Military Child Education Coalition’s Student 2 Student program. It’s a student-led and faculty-advised program that helps bring military and civilian students together by
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado’s federal delegation has called on President Joe Biden to stop all actions related to moving U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Alabama. Earlier this month, the Air Force announced that the preferred location for the Space Command would be at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. All nine of Colorado’s federal lawmakers,
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Several Colorado lawmakers have put together a letter requesting the Biden Administration to review the Trump Administration’s decision to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Huntsville, Ala. Lawmakers also request the suspension of any and all actions to relocate the headquarters until the review is complete. In the letter,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County commissioners expressed their pleasure Tuesday that a major local transportation has overcome delays and funding issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project to build an overpass at Powers Boulevard — to be placed above Research Parkway at that busy interchange — has been one of the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In late December, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers sent a letter to the Air Force outlining what the City would offer to keep U.S. Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base. “They didn’t use the word incentives but they said you know we would be interested in what community commitments
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