COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Soldiers from Fort Carson are gearing up to patrol and secure the U.S. border. Video from the Department of Defense shows the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat team, 4th Infantry Division, conducting equipment tests on Monday. Earlier this month, U.S. Northern Command announced that 2,400 soldiers would be sent to Texas
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FORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) — Any car-related issue can be solved within its walls, but the Fort Carson Auto Skills Center also stands to serve spouses of the deployed service member. “We have 39 bays, two paint bays. There’s 19 lifts. You do not have a vehicle that I cannot lift,” said Mike Hubbard, Automotive Craft Facility
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WASHINGTON (KRDO) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says they will stop offering “cross-sex hormone therapy” for transgender veterans. The move comes after President Donald Trump signed a Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government executive order. In a release, the VA emphasized that transgender veterans are
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UPDATE 11:00 A.M.: The Air Force Academy says they have cleared the cadet area and are returning to normal operations. The incident is still under investigation. EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The United States Air Force Academy confirms they are investigating an anonymous threat. According to the agency, they are currently working with law
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper (D) told KRDO13 he doesn’t see space command leaving Colorado Springs anytime soon despite new legislation and recent comments from Alabama Lawmakers. Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville (R) is one of the primary sponsors of a resolution introduced at the end of January that would permanently move
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Move after move, it can be close to impossible to start, or keep a career while being a military spouse. But a Colorado Springs-based non-profit is hoping to equip military spouses with a portable career as they traverse the world with their active-duty partner. The Portraits for Patriots Photography Academy
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Fort Carson officials say people living or traveling near base should expect to see smoke off and on as they work on prescribed burns. According to officials, prescribed burns will be conducted on Fort Carson training areas and Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site by the Directorates of Emergency Services and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The NORAD Santa Tracker is a year-long mission at the Peterson Space Force base as team members are already working to prepare the program and call center for Christmas 2025. “There’s so much behind the scenes going on to prepare for NORAD Track Santa,” said United States Air Force Captain
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Military families who use the Children’s Hospital have received new updates on their care. Last week, it was announced that Children’s Hospital was dropping TriCARE from their network, instead becoming a non-network, participating provider. RELATED: TRICARE will soon be out-of-network for Children’s Hospital of Colorado Officials with Children’s Hospital said
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Friday marked five years since the U.S. Space Force officially became the country’s newest branch of service. Although it is organized under the Department of the Air Force, it is a separate and distinct branch of the armed services. KRDO13 was recently invited to speak with Colonel Kenneth Klock at Peterson Space Force Base about how
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FORT CARSON, Colo (KRDO) – There’s never a more patriotic scene than that at Fort Carson’s Special Events Center: returning soldiers wearing fatigues, marching into awaiting families squealing with delight, bouncing babies meeting dad for the first time. It’s a much-deserved end to the soldiers’ time overseas. But, after the welcome home ceremony comes, the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Whether you’re homeless, alone, poor, or just plain hungry, there was a seat at the table for you on Thursday. The Salvation Army and Fort Carson provided a free Thanksgiving dinner to those in need, at the Salvation Army headquarters on Yuma Street. More than 200 volunteers pitched in to
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With both the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command being created within a short period of time, and with both having a significant presence in the Colorado Springs area, it’s understandable that many people use the terms interchangeably. However, they are very different, and they stand to have very different impacts on local military
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Mt. Carmel used a $7,000 donation from the North Colorado Rotary Club Foundation to help feed over 1,000 families of active and reserve duty service members in its “Turkeys for Troops” annual event. “A turkey seems like a simple gesture and really what the turkey’s symbol is– it’s to welcome
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Russell Brehm fought in two wars before the United States began celebrating Veterans Day as we now know it in 1954. He did tours in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Monday, he shared what he’s learned with KRDO 13 through the lens of a 70-year-old 35-millimeter camera, going through old photos
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – City leaders held a press conference on Tuesday, October, 8 to announce exciting news regarding the Colorado Springs Veterans Day parade. Many people in the community were upset over the announcement of the parade’s cancellation less than a week ago. RELATED: Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade canceled Colorado International Events
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A local, veteran-owned home security business created a non-profit to help military families after one reached out for its services. Jenny Critchlow contacted Delta Security INC to secure her home after she says she was taken advantage of by another business. She told KRDO she decided she’d rather support a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Now that a major construction project on Interstate 25 between here and Fountain should wrap up this week — as KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior reported Monday — it’s a good time to review three other projects that were part of MAMSIP. The acronym stands for the Military Access, Mobility and Safety
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SECURITY-WIDEFIELD, Colo. (KRDO) – God’s Pantry committed $10,000 to the Honor Bell Foundation in its efforts to bring a 1000-pound bronze “Honor Bell” to the Pikes Peak Region to honor fallen veterans. The Honor Bell Foundation cast its first bell in Denver in 2016. They use it to give funeral Bell Honors to military veterans
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – On Sept. 5, the Citadel Mall was officially removed from the Army’s “Off-Limits” list. They were placed on the list in July. RELATED: Citadel Mall removed from Army “Off Limits” List The Citadel Mall says that ownership and management have worked diligently to collaborate on solutions and implement the changes
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