Author: Mary Shinn
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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 inactivation of two brigades is a reflection of the hard decisions…
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Fort Carson starts testing new Army-wide communications system
When two M777 howitzers fired at Fort Carson Wednesday the blasts were identical, but the computer systems behind the explosions were decades apart in sophistication. One from 1995, still used across the Army, carries a name matching its clunky nature. The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System is slow to reboot, taking 45 minutes at…
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Fort Carson starts testing new Army-wide communications system
When two M777 howitzers fired at Fort Carson Wednesday the blasts were identical, but the computer systems behind the explosions were decades apart in sophistication. One from 1995, still used across the Army, carries a name matching its clunky nature. The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System is slow to reboot, taking 45 minutes at…
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Fort Carson starts testing new Army-wide communications system
When two M777 howitzers fired at Fort Carson Wednesday the blasts were identical, but the computer systems behind the explosions were decades apart in sophistication. One from 1995, still used across the Army, carries a name matching its clunky nature. The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System is slow to reboot, taking 45 minutes at…
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Monument-based Tech7 and its ‘sherpas’ win $489 million contract with a focus on speed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Tech7 Company, a Monument-based business, recently won a $489 million contract through the U.S. General Services Administration to help speed the process for acquiring new technology within the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland…
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Monument-based Tech7 and its ‘sherpas’ win $489 million contract with a focus on speed
The Tech7 Company, a Monument-based business, recently won a $489 million contract through the U.S. General Services Administration to help speed the process for acquiring new technology within the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Commerce. President and CEO Juan Echeverry founded Tech7 about 10 years ago and expects the…
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‘We are going to war’: 24 years after 9/11, veterans remember fury, shock, sacrifice
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When planes flew into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania 24 years ago, the nation was filled with emotion — awash in shock and fury, followed by an outpouring of patriotism. Former…
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‘We are going to war’: 24 years after 9/11, veterans remember fury, shock, sacrifice
When planes flew into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania 24 years ago, the nation was filled with emotion — awash in shock and fury, followed by an outpouring of patriotism. Former Marine Cpl. Garret Gold, who now lives in Fountain, was in boot camp on 9/11. He had just finished shooting…
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Colorado College welcomes speaker turned away at Air Force Academy
Author Paisley Rekdal will appear at Colorado College on Wednesday after the Air Force Academy canceled her scheduled talk because she criticized President Donald Trump. Rekdal, a University of Utah professor, was on the verge of canceling her trip to Colorado Springs when she was invited to appear at Colorado College instead, she said. She…
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Colorado College welcomes speaker turned away at Air Force Academy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Author Paisley Rekdal will appear at Colorado College on Wednesday after the Air Force Academy canceled her scheduled talk because she criticized President Donald Trump. Rekdal, a University of Utah professor, was on the verge…