Author: Mary Shinn
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Air Force will not celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth
The Air Force will not use official resources to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, in addition to other cultural awareness holidays and months. An Air Force memo sent out Friday listed holidays that were not included in an official Department of Defense news release sent out on the same day. The DOD…
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Federal workforce in Colorado receives resignation emails in Trump’s buyout plan
Across Colorado, tens of thousands of employees received emails asking them to resign Tuesday, as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape the federal workforce that has received fierce pushback from unions. While most Department of Defense employees did not receive the email with the subject line “Fork in the Road,” they went out…
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Fort Carson military police and combat engineers to deploy to the border
Two units from Fort Carson will deploy to the southern border to help bolster security. A news release from Northern Command said Friday the 569th Combat Engineer Company-Armored, and the Headquarters of the 759th Military Police Battalion will be deployed. The non-headquarters staff of the 759th Military Police Battalion will remain to provide regular security. Army…
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Trump’s order not a ban on transgender troops yet
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded a previous executive order allowing transgender troops to openly serve. An expert with an LGBTQ+-rights group, Lambda Legal, said Tuesday in a news conference that the repeal of the previous order is not itself a ban on transgender troops. But Trump could be heading back…
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Trump promises to use the military to help enforce immigration laws, as he labels drug cartels ‘terrorists’
President Donald Trump on Monday promised to crack down on illegal immigration using the military, reinstate troops discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and classify drug cartels as terrorist groups. While classifying groups as terrorists likely summons images of the decades of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, such action by itself wouldn’t send troops into…
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A flawed system: How Army Special Forces mental health care is failing elite soldiers
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Numerous combat deployments, a cultural reluctance to seek help, and a structure that allows commanders to pressure mental health professionals led to mental health care failings within U.S. Army Special Forces, according to an expert and advocate of the troops. Retired Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Greg Walker, who also advocated for the care of…
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Green Beret who died in Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion called for military and veterans to ‘move on DC’ to oust Democrats
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Notes found on the phone of a Green Beret and Colorado Springs resident who died by suicide after blowing up a Tesla Cybertruck on New Year’s Day outside President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas suggest his actions were intended as a “wake-up call” to America. Details of the possible motivations of 37-year-old Master Sgt.…
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Volunteers keep the magic alive for kids calling NORAD to track Santa
When more than 100,000 children call to check on Santa Claus’ journey Christmas Eve, Col. Mike Hayek will be among many answering the phones. The North American Aerospace Defense Command runs the official Santa tracking call center from Peterson Space Force Base with about 1,000 volunteers from within the Department of Defense and the community.…
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Senate approves bill that moves space-focused National Guard units, Polis says Air Force refused to negotiate
The Senate approved the annual defense bill Wednesday that moves National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force after facing opposition from every governor in the country. The Senate-approved National Defense Authorization Act moves two of the seven space-focused National Guard units in Colorado, the 137th Space Warning Squadron, based in Greeley, and the 138th Electromagnetic…
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Requirement that could protect jets at Buckley makes must-pass defense bill
A requirement to replace Air National Guard fighter planes is headed to the president and could protect the future of aging F-16s at Aurora’s Buckley Space Force Base. The National Defense Authorization Act would require the secretary of the Air Force to work with the National Guard on a plan to replace guard planes at…