Author: BY TOM ROEDER tom.roeder@gazette,com
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Peterson Air Force Base colonel facing rape charge found dead in his home
An Air Force colonel facing life in prison for rape at an October court-martial apparently took his own life Sunday, police said. Colorado Springs police spokesman Sgt. Tim Stankey said Monday that officers were called to Col. Eugene Marcus Caughey’s home in northeast Colorado Springs just after midnight Sunday on a reported suicide. Police did…
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Fort Carsom program puts business suits on departing GIs
Troops in suits will spend the next month hanging out at Pikes Peak region businesses as part of a Fort Carson program to boost job skills for soldiers leaving the Army. It’s part of a wider Pentagon effort to cut spending on unemployment checks for ex-soldiers, which costs the Defense Department nearly $1 billion a…