Tag: Fort Carson
-
Colorado Springs to lose Army Reserve helicopter units as brigades shutter nationally
The Army Reserve expects to divest all of its helicopters and associated units over the next year, including a brigade headquarters and one of its companies in Colorado Springs. Fort Carson-based Col. Adam Stanley, commander of the 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, said the deactivation of two brigades is a reflection of the hard decisions…
-
2,400 Fort Carson soldiers and their Strykers deployed to U.S.-Mexico border
The 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team will deploy to the border with Mexico to assist the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection’s ongoing efforts to “maintain security.” The move will see roughly 2,400 soldiers deploy, though specific locations are not being named, per a news release from the United…
-
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…
-
Army officials say Green Beret who died in Cybertruck explosion did not show concerning behaviors before death
The Green Beret who shot himself and blew up a Cybertruck in Las Vegas on Wednesday displayed no concerning behavior prior to the bombing, according to Army public affairs. Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger was on personal leave from Fort Carson when he rented a Cybertruck in Colorado and drove to Las Vegas. There, the truck —…
-
Fort Carson outlines restructuring changes that will last several years
As the Army embarks on a massive restructuring effort to move away from counter-terrorism to large-scale war, Fort Carson is expecting to see changes that will last several years. The base does not expect to see an overall reduction in personnel as new units are created and others are disbanded and their soldiers reassigned. Nationwide…
-
Second fire reported on Fort Carson
—
by
Fort Carson fire crews are battling a second wildfire that started around 11:30 a.m. Monday. The new blaze, which is 100 acres and spreading quickly, is near the first fire that started on Sunday, a news release said. “Currently all Fort Carson fire crews are on hand in an effort to contain the blaze,” the…
-
Impending government shutdown could affect thousands of local troops, federal employees
The end of the 2023 fiscal year is rapidly approaching, and with it, the increasing possibility of a government shutdown as Congress remains at an impasse on a federal budget. If members of Congress cannot agree on the appropriation bills that fund federal agencies before 12:01 a.m. Sunday, many government operations will come to a…
-
American defector to North Korea had loose ties to Fort Carson, Colorado Springs
The U.S. soldier who fled into North Korea on Tuesday had loose ties to the 4th Infantry Division based in Colorado Springs. Pvt. 2nd Class Travis King, a cavalry scout, traveled to South Korea with the 1st Brigade Combat Team within the 1st Armored Division based in Fort Bliss, Texas. He was then administratively attached…
-
Building a ‘unity of understanding:’ In Poland, U.S. and NATO troops prove ready to deter Russia
BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland • A barrage of shells, rockets and machine-gun fire blasted into distant targets Friday afternoon, filling the air with constant explosions near a critical borderland where former members of the Soviet Union are connected to the rest of NATO by a small strip of land between a Russian province and Belarus, a Russian…
-
Military, conservation groups eyeing 75,000-plus acres on Colorado Springs outskirts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs military installations and leading conservation groups are set to embark on a multi-year mission intended to achieve operational buffers for those installations and simultaneously realize a new vision of open space on the city’s peripheries. The unique arrangement was recently cleared by the…