Author: Tom Roeder [email protected]
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Analysis: Cleveland, Space Force share Guardians moniker; jokes ensue | Tom Roeder
The Space Force jokes started as soon as the new name for Cleveland’s baseball team was announced Friday. “Cleveland Indians switch to Guardians, doubling size of Space Force,” one wry observer wrote. “Cleveland joins Space Force, use of bats outlawed as dangerous,” another cracked. At 13,000 strong, the Guardians of the Space Force are used…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | The military’s impact on growth and development
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. There was no social distancing…
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Fort Carson unit, known for capturing Saddam Hussein, headed back to Iraq
The Fort Carson unit credited with capturing Saddam Hussein is headed back to Iraq to bolster the ongoing effort to counter Islamic State terrorists. The post announced Tuesday that its 1st Brigade Combat Team has orders to head to Iraq, replacing a National Guard unit on duty there. A timeline for the deployment wasn’t announced.…
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Federal agent cleared in shooting outside Colorado Springs convenience store
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prosecutors on Tuesday ruled an agent from Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives was justified in opening fire on a man during an attempted arrest in Colorado Springs. Dallas Theiss was shot and wounded in the April 9 incident outside a convenience store off…
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Weather service warns of Colorado high country flooding amid storms
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for drainages running from Buena Vista to Trinidad as thunderstorms threaten the region. The main risk of flooding is centered on burn scars, with Spring, Decker, Junkins and Hayden Pass scars in the cross hairs.…
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Generals put stars behind effort to keep Space Command in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six months after the Trump administration spurned Colorado as the permanent home for U.S. Space Command, a campaign to reverse the decision to send it to Huntsville, Ala., continues to grow. The latest to lend their names to the effort are retired Air Force Gen.…
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Air Force Academy cadet dies in plane crash
An Air Force Academy cadet died Thursday in the crash of a small private plane west of Fort Worth, Texas. Both people aboard a small plane died when it went down in Johnson County, Texas, Thursday night, officials there said. The single-engine plane crashed near a highway south of Fort Worth. “The name of the…
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Colorado Springs weather: Storms could soak weekend plans
Colorado will get a break from 90-degree days, but it comes with rainstorms to soak picnic plans, forecasters predict. Friday, highs are expected to hang in the 70s in Colorado Springs and Denver, with rain and thunder rolling in by afternoon. The National Weather Service predicts storms to bring rain to much of the Front…
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Senate spy panel leader questions pulling U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs
Two of the top Democrats on the Senate’s Intelligence Committee want President Joe Biden to review a Trump administration decision to uproot U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs over feared negative impacts to the nation’s spy agencies. Intelligence chairman U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat and Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a member…
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Analysis: Army vet Kendall well-positioned for Space Command decision | Tom Roeder
The Biden administration’s pick to lead the Air Force is a West Point graduate well-versed in the high-tech demands of the Space Force. Frank Kendall III, nominated last week as Air Force secretary, was one of the first Obama-era officials to warn of China’s growing military prowess. As the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, he worked…